How To Install omniorb on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install omniorb on Ubuntu 20.04. omniorb is IOR and naming service utilities for omniORB

Introduction

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

What is omniorb

omniorb is:

omniORB is a freely available Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) 2.6 compliant object request broker (ORB) implementation. It is based on the IIOP communications protocol and should be interoperable with any other CORBA 2.6 compliant ORB.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install omniorb

Install omniorb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install omniorb

Install omniorb 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 omniorb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install omniorb

How To Uninstall omniorb on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove omniorb

Uninstall omniorb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove omniorb

Remove omniorb Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge omniorb

Remove omniorb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge omniorb

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Summary

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