How To Install gnulib on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnulib
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnulib
gnulib is:
The GNU portability library is a macro system and C declarations and definitions for commonly-used API elements and abstracted system behaviors. It can be used to improve portability and other functionality in your programs.
There are three methods to install gnulib
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 gnulib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnulib
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnulib
Install gnulib Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnulib
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnulib
Install gnulib 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 gnulib
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnulib
How To Uninstall gnulib on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnulib
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnulib
Uninstall gnulib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnulib
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnulib
Remove gnulib Configurations and Data
To remove gnulib
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnulib
Remove gnulib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnulib
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnulib
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnulib
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.