How To Install libtirpc-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtirpc-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libtirpc-common
libtirpc-common is:
This package contains a port of Sun’s transport-independent RPC library to Linux. The library is intended as a replacement for the RPC code in the GNU C library, providing among others support for RPC (and in turn, NFS) over IPv6.
This package contains the netconfig configuration file as well as the associated manpage.
There are three methods to install libtirpc-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtirpc-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtirpc-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtirpc-common
Install libtirpc-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtirpc-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtirpc-common
Install libtirpc-common 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 libtirpc-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtirpc-common
How To Uninstall libtirpc-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libtirpc-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtirpc-common
Uninstall libtirpc-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtirpc-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtirpc-common
Remove libtirpc-common Configurations and Data
To remove libtirpc-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtirpc-common
Remove libtirpc-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtirpc-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtirpc-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtirpc-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
