How To Install libadasockets7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libadasockets7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libadasockets7-dev is bindings for socket services in Ada

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libadasockets7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libadasockets7-dev

libadasockets7-dev is:

This package provides a binding for socket services to be used with GNAT (the GNU Ada compiler). One can use it to write clients and servers that will talk with programs written in Ada or any other programming language.

This package provides the Ada programmer with headers and libraries used to build Ada programs that use sockets services.

There are three methods to install libadasockets7-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 libadasockets7-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 libadasockets7-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libadasockets7-dev

Install libadasockets7-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libadasockets7-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libadasockets7-dev

Install libadasockets7-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 libadasockets7-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libadasockets7-dev

How To Uninstall libadasockets7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libadasockets7-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libadasockets7-dev

Uninstall libadasockets7-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libadasockets7-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libadasockets7-dev

Remove libadasockets7-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libadasockets7-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libadasockets7-dev

Remove libadasockets7-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libadasockets7-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libadasockets7-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libadasockets7-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.