How To Install golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev
golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev is:
KCP (golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev) is a Production-Grade Reliable-UDP library for golang. It provides fast, ordered, and error-checked delivery of stream over UDP packets.
It has been well tested with opensource project kcptun, which runs on millions of devices, from low-end MIPS routers to high-end servers. It also runs well for applications like online games, live broadcasting, file synchronization and network acceleration.
Features:
- Optimized for Realtime Multiplayer Games, Audio/Video Streaming.
- Compatible with skywind3000’s (https://github.com/skywind3000) C version with optimizations.
- Cache friendly and Memory optimized design in golang.
- Compatible with net.Conn (https://golang.org/pkg/net/#Conn) and net.Listener (https://golang.org/pkg/net/#Listener).
- FEC (Forward Error Correction) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_error_correction) Support with Reed-Solomon Codes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed%E2%80%93Solomon_error_correction)
- Packet level encryption support with AES, TEA, 3DES, Blowfish, Cast5, Salsa20, etc., in CFB mode.
- O(1) goroutines created for the entire server application, minimized goroutine context switch.
Conventions: Control messages like SYN/FIN/RST in TCP are not defined in KCP. You need some keepalive/heartbeat mechanims in the application-level. A real world example is to use some multiplexing protocol over session, such as smux (golang-github-xtaci-smux-dev) with embedded keepalive mechanism. See kcptun (https://github.com/xtaci/kcptun) for example.
There are three methods to install golang-github-xtaci-kcp-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 golang-github-xtaci-kcp-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 golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev
Install golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev
Install golang-github-xtaci-kcp-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 golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev
How To Uninstall golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev
Uninstall golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev
Remove golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev
Remove golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-github-xtaci-kcp-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
