How To Install libuuid1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuuid1 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libuuid1
libuuid1 is:
The libuuid library generates and parses 128-bit Universally Unique IDs (UUIDs). A UUID is an identifier that is unique within the space of all such identifiers across both space and time. It can be used for multiple purposes, from tagging objects with an extremely short lifetime to reliably identifying very persistent objects across a network.
See RFC 4122 for more information. Task: minimal
Package: libuuid1 Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.34-0.1ubuntu9 Multi-Arch: same Priority: required Section: libs Source: util-linux Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: LaMont Jones [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 122 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.25) Recommends: uuid-runtime Replaces: e2fsprogs (« 1.34-1) Filename: pool/main/u/util-linux/libuuid1_2.34-0.1ubuntu9_amd64.deb Size: 20092 MD5sum: fc6c7ad83fba4a1a68ee6743c933a913 SHA1: ff3fa09d87192d166e7583f6768d9e7bdc328a8b SHA256: 764851bea58689a957ad2f42a51b335a2792ec077b5743a2feebd69dcb6dfc88 Description-en: Universally Unique ID library The libuuid library generates and parses 128-bit Universally Unique IDs (UUIDs). A UUID is an identifier that is unique within the space of all such identifiers across both space and time. It can be used for multiple purposes, from tagging objects with an extremely short lifetime to reliably identifying very persistent objects across a network.
See RFC 4122 for more information. Task: minimal
There are three methods to install libuuid1 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 libuuid1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libuuid1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libuuid1
Install libuuid1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libuuid1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libuuid1
Install libuuid1 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 libuuid1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libuuid1
How To Uninstall libuuid1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libuuid1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libuuid1
Uninstall libuuid1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libuuid1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libuuid1
Remove libuuid1 Configurations and Data
To remove libuuid1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libuuid1
Remove libuuid1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libuuid1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libuuid1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuuid1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
