How To Install foxeye-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install foxeye-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is foxeye-dev
foxeye-dev is:
FoxEye is a multipurpose generic modular base to create clients or servers for client-server type networks such as IRC, ICQ, etc. All what you need to make an IRC bot or ICQ client is few modules that implement functionality you require. The FoxEye written in pure C with small resource requirements in mind.
This package contains development headers required to create modules.
There are three methods to install foxeye-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install foxeye-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install foxeye-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install foxeye-dev
Install foxeye-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install foxeye-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install foxeye-dev
Install foxeye-dev 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 foxeye-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install foxeye-dev
How To Uninstall foxeye-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the foxeye-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove foxeye-dev
Uninstall foxeye-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall foxeye-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove foxeye-dev
Remove foxeye-dev Configurations and Data
To remove foxeye-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge foxeye-dev
Remove foxeye-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove foxeye-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge foxeye-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install foxeye-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
