How To Install happycoders-libsocket on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install happycoders-libsocket on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is happycoders-libsocket
happycoders-libsocket is:
It provides a portable socket abstraction for all OS. It provides an abstraction for UDP/TCP sockets, for client and server in IPv4 and IPV6. It includes local socket support for Unix and Linux systems.
There are three methods to install happycoders-libsocket 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 happycoders-libsocket Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install happycoders-libsocket using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install happycoders-libsocket
Install happycoders-libsocket Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install happycoders-libsocket using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install happycoders-libsocket
Install happycoders-libsocket 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 happycoders-libsocket using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install happycoders-libsocket
How To Uninstall happycoders-libsocket on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the happycoders-libsocket package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove happycoders-libsocket
Uninstall happycoders-libsocket And Its Dependencies
To uninstall happycoders-libsocket and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove happycoders-libsocket
Remove happycoders-libsocket Configurations and Data
To remove happycoders-libsocket configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge happycoders-libsocket
Remove happycoders-libsocket configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove happycoders-libsocket configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge happycoders-libsocket
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install happycoders-libsocket package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
