How To Install libxmlrpcpp2d on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlrpcpp2d on Ubuntu 20.04. libxmlrpcpp2d is Robot OS version of xml-rpc protocol library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlrpcpp2d on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libxmlrpcpp2d

libxmlrpcpp2d is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains the XmlRpc++ library, which is a C++ implementation of the XML-RPC protocol. This version is heavily modified from the package available on SourceForge in order to support roscpp’s threading model. As such, it’s a maintained fork by OSRF.

There are three methods to install libxmlrpcpp2d 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 libxmlrpcpp2d Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxmlrpcpp2d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxmlrpcpp2d

Install libxmlrpcpp2d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxmlrpcpp2d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxmlrpcpp2d

Install libxmlrpcpp2d 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 libxmlrpcpp2d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxmlrpcpp2d

How To Uninstall libxmlrpcpp2d on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libxmlrpcpp2d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxmlrpcpp2d

Uninstall libxmlrpcpp2d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxmlrpcpp2d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmlrpcpp2d

Remove libxmlrpcpp2d Configurations and Data

To remove libxmlrpcpp2d configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxmlrpcpp2d

Remove libxmlrpcpp2d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxmlrpcpp2d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmlrpcpp2d

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlrpcpp2d package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.