How To Install libwiringpi2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwiringpi2 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libwiringpi2
libwiringpi2 is:
A Raspberry Pi specific library for querying and controlling the GPIO pins, and a variety of devices that connect to them from C, C++, or BASIC.
This package contains the shared libraries libwiringPi and libwiringPiDev.
There are three methods to install libwiringpi2 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 libwiringpi2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwiringpi2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwiringpi2
Install libwiringpi2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwiringpi2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwiringpi2
Install libwiringpi2 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 libwiringpi2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwiringpi2
How To Uninstall libwiringpi2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libwiringpi2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwiringpi2
Uninstall libwiringpi2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwiringpi2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwiringpi2
Remove libwiringpi2 Configurations and Data
To remove libwiringpi2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwiringpi2
Remove libwiringpi2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwiringpi2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwiringpi2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwiringpi2 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
