How To Install libavahi-common3 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-common3 on Ubuntu 20.04. libavahi-common3 is Avahi common library Avahi common library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-common3 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libavahi-common3`

libavahi-common3 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 Avahi common library, which is a set of common functions used by many of Avahis components and client applications. 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-common3 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: 109 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libavahi-common-data Filename: pool/main/a/avahi/libavahi-common3_0.7-4ubuntu7_amd64.deb Size: 21728 MD5sum: ff6e6b0a4db041f81c97274909c4dae4 SHA1: 87f8c6c72c82129c6a78919ebe44cbcba59a9a91 SHA256: 8daecd3e0f70d4acfbf100461eb3dd92928eb7c7ad6f37e883ddf7642558449b Homepage: http://avahi.org/ Description-en: Avahi common 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-common3 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-common3 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-common3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavahi-common3

Install libavahi-common3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavahi-common3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavahi-common3

Install libavahi-common3 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-common3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavahi-common3

How To Uninstall libavahi-common3 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libavahi-common3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavahi-common3

Uninstall libavahi-common3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavahi-common3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavahi-common3

Remove libavahi-common3 Configurations and Data

To remove libavahi-common3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavahi-common3

Remove libavahi-common3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavahi-common3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavahi-common3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-common3 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.