How To Install libavahi-common-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-common-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libavahi-common-data
libavahi-common-data 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 common data files for avahi.
There are three methods to install libavahi-common-data 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 libavahi-common-data 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-common-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavahi-common-data
Install libavahi-common-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavahi-common-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavahi-common-data
Install libavahi-common-data 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-common-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavahi-common-data
How To Uninstall libavahi-common-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libavahi-common-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavahi-common-data
Uninstall libavahi-common-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavahi-common-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavahi-common-data
Remove libavahi-common-data Configurations and Data
To remove libavahi-common-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavahi-common-data
Remove libavahi-common-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavahi-common-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavahi-common-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-common-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
