How To Install libwebsockets15 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets15 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libwebsockets15
libwebsockets15 is:
Libwebsockets is a lightweight pure C library for both websockets clients and servers built to use minimal CPU and memory resources and provide fast throughput in both directions.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libwebsockets15 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 libwebsockets15 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets15 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebsockets15
Install libwebsockets15 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets15 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebsockets15
Install libwebsockets15 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 libwebsockets15 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebsockets15
How To Uninstall libwebsockets15 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libwebsockets15 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebsockets15
Uninstall libwebsockets15 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebsockets15 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebsockets15
Remove libwebsockets15 Configurations and Data
To remove libwebsockets15 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebsockets15
Remove libwebsockets15 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebsockets15 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebsockets15
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets15 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
