How To Install libanet4-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libanet4-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libanet4-dev is Ada networking library (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libanet4-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libanet4-dev

libanet4-dev is:

Anet is a networking library for the Ada programming language. The library provides a BSD socket implementation with a high level of abstraction and an extendable socket type hierarchy.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libanet4-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 libanet4-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 libanet4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libanet4-dev

Install libanet4-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libanet4-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libanet4-dev

Install libanet4-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 libanet4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libanet4-dev

How To Uninstall libanet4-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libanet4-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libanet4-dev

Uninstall libanet4-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libanet4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libanet4-dev

Remove libanet4-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libanet4-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libanet4-dev

Remove libanet4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libanet4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libanet4-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libanet4-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.