How To Install libspdylay-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspdylay-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. libspdylay-utils is implementation of SPDY protocol in C - utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspdylay-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libspdylay-utils

libspdylay-utils is:

This library provides SPDY version 2, 3 and 3.1 framing layer implementation. It does not perform any I/O operations. When the library needs them, it calls the callback functions provided by the application. It also does not include any event polling mechanism, so the application can freely choose the way of handling events

This package ships the utilities.

There are three methods to install libspdylay-utils 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 libspdylay-utils Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libspdylay-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libspdylay-utils

Install libspdylay-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libspdylay-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libspdylay-utils

Install libspdylay-utils 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 libspdylay-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libspdylay-utils

How To Uninstall libspdylay-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libspdylay-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libspdylay-utils

Uninstall libspdylay-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libspdylay-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspdylay-utils

Remove libspdylay-utils Configurations and Data

To remove libspdylay-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libspdylay-utils

Remove libspdylay-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libspdylay-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspdylay-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspdylay-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.