How To Install libam7xxx-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libam7xxx-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libam7xxx-dev
libam7xxx-dev is:
libam7xxx is an Open Source library to communicate via USB with projectors and Digital Picture Frames based on the Actions Micro AM7XXX family if ICs.
libam7xxx makes it possible to use these devices as USB displays on non-Windows Operating Systems like GNU/Linux or Android/Linux just to name a few, and on non-PC platforms like for instance mobile phones, tablets or game consoles.
Examples of supported devices are:
- Acer C110
- Acer C112
- Aiptek PocketCinema T25
- Philips/SagemCom PicoPix 1020
- Philips/SagemCom PicoPix 2055
- Philips/SagemCom PicoPix 2330
- Top-Height/TEC PP700
This is the development package containing the libraries and header for software development with libam7xxx.
There are three methods to install libam7xxx-dev
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 libam7xxx-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 libam7xxx-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libam7xxx-dev
Install libam7xxx-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libam7xxx-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libam7xxx-dev
Install libam7xxx-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 libam7xxx-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libam7xxx-dev
How To Uninstall libam7xxx-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libam7xxx-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libam7xxx-dev
Uninstall libam7xxx-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libam7xxx-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libam7xxx-dev
Remove libam7xxx-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libam7xxx-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libam7xxx-dev
Remove libam7xxx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libam7xxx-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libam7xxx-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libam7xxx-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.