How To Install libavahi-client3 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-client3 on Ubuntu 20.04. libavahi-client3 is Avahi client library Avahi client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-client3 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libavahi-client3`

libavahi-client3 is:

Avahi is a fully LGPL framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery. It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to print to, files to look at and people to talk to.

This package contains the library for Avahi’s C API which allows you to integrate mDNS/DNS-SD functionality into your application. Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, samba-server, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libavahi-client3 Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.7-4ubuntu7 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: avahi Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 129 Depends: libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.22), libc6 (>= 2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14) Filename: pool/main/a/avahi/libavahi-client3_0.7-4ubuntu7_amd64.deb Size: 25500 MD5sum: 325290528f3d26ce46e3b8f134e6e9ce SHA1: b5ff5b30e80703eb02165509d3f07a566ca57c96 SHA256: ee423fbc3b4c87a2206f0409aeb314764f7f8ac2ed508fd4f5235f668e960e0c Homepage: http://avahi.org/ Description-en: Avahi client library Avahi is a fully LGPL framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery. It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to print to, files to look at and people to talk to.

There are three methods to install libavahi-client3 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 libavahi-client3 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavahi-client3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavahi-client3

Install libavahi-client3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavahi-client3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavahi-client3

Install libavahi-client3 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 libavahi-client3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavahi-client3

How To Uninstall libavahi-client3 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libavahi-client3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavahi-client3

Uninstall libavahi-client3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavahi-client3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavahi-client3

Remove libavahi-client3 Configurations and Data

To remove libavahi-client3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavahi-client3

Remove libavahi-client3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavahi-client3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavahi-client3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-client3 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.