How To Install libavahi-core7 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-core7 on Ubuntu 20.04. libavahi-core7 is Avahis embeddable mDNS/DNS-SD library Avahis embeddable mDNS/DNS-SD library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-core7 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libavahi-core7`

libavahi-core7 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 embeddable mDNS/DNS-SD stack. This can be used by embedded applications to integrate mDNS/DNS-SD functionality into their applications.

You should not however use this library for non-embedded applications, you should use libavahi-client which interacts with the avahi daemon. Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, 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-core7 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: 277 Depends: libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.15) Filename: pool/main/a/avahi/libavahi-core7_0.7-4ubuntu7_amd64.deb Size: 81732 MD5sum: 31fde0de3356e4a6e1540497a45f5dfe SHA1: 8949c6cc3b6a57ce123b51c3e4a1b7c129c341f9 SHA256: 35946e7b85ba184640dda71d7c5c63d3403f3edc2d29474bfc6c11fc7dc7598c Homepage: http://avahi.org/ Description-en: Avahi’s embeddable mDNS/DNS-SD 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.

This package contains the library for Avahi’s embeddable mDNS/DNS-SD stack. This can be used by embedded applications to integrate mDNS/DNS-SD functionality into their applications.

There are three methods to install libavahi-core7 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-core7 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-core7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavahi-core7

Install libavahi-core7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavahi-core7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavahi-core7

Install libavahi-core7 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-core7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavahi-core7

How To Uninstall libavahi-core7 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libavahi-core7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavahi-core7

Uninstall libavahi-core7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavahi-core7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavahi-core7

Remove libavahi-core7 Configurations and Data

To remove libavahi-core7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavahi-core7

Remove libavahi-core7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavahi-core7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavahi-core7

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-core7 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.