How To Install libwebsockets16 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets16 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libwebsockets16
libwebsockets16 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 libwebsockets16 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwebsockets16 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets16 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebsockets16
Install libwebsockets16 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets16 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebsockets16
Install libwebsockets16 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 libwebsockets16 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebsockets16
How To Uninstall libwebsockets16 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libwebsockets16 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebsockets16
Uninstall libwebsockets16 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebsockets16 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebsockets16
Remove libwebsockets16 Configurations and Data
To remove libwebsockets16 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebsockets16
Remove libwebsockets16 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebsockets16 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebsockets16
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets16 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
