How To Install libsocketcan-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsocketcan-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsocketcan-dev
libsocketcan-dev is:
This package provides development files for libsocketcan.
There are three methods to install libsocketcan-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsocketcan-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsocketcan-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsocketcan-dev
Install libsocketcan-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsocketcan-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsocketcan-dev
Install libsocketcan-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsocketcan-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsocketcan-dev
How To Uninstall libsocketcan-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsocketcan-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsocketcan-dev
Uninstall libsocketcan-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsocketcan-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsocketcan-dev
Remove libsocketcan-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsocketcan-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsocketcan-dev
Remove libsocketcan-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsocketcan-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsocketcan-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsocketcan-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.