How To Install libwlocate0 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwlocate0 on Ubuntu 22.04. libwlocate0 is Library for doing location lookup based on free openwlanmap.org data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwlocate0 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libwlocate0

libwlocate0 is:

This library accesses the local WLAN-hardware, checks for WLAN-networks that are available, accesses the database and returns the current geographic position or an error code in case localisation failed

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libwlocate0 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 libwlocate0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwlocate0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwlocate0

Install libwlocate0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwlocate0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwlocate0

Install libwlocate0 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 libwlocate0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwlocate0

How To Uninstall libwlocate0 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libwlocate0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwlocate0

Uninstall libwlocate0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwlocate0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwlocate0

Remove libwlocate0 Configurations and Data

To remove libwlocate0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwlocate0

Remove libwlocate0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwlocate0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwlocate0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwlocate0 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.