How To Install libavahi-glib1 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-glib1 on Ubuntu 20.04. libavahi-glib1 is Avahi GLib integration library Avahi GLib integration library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-glib1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libavahi-glib1`

libavahi-glib1 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 library contains the interface to integrate the Avahi libraries into a GLib main loop application, including GTK+ applications. 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-glib1 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: 74 Depends: libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0) Filename: pool/main/a/avahi/libavahi-glib1_0.7-4ubuntu7_amd64.deb Size: 7804 MD5sum: 1f0bd80b2110c39153cf5326e57edeef SHA1: ecc478896f78ff78f8c7f957ab0e56d39336b021 SHA256: 3a3c40f33b4baaa12429f415281b5f544fd8a5b26ed650e3adaa2b5c241711b0 Homepage: http://avahi.org/ Description-en: Avahi GLib integration 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-glib1 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-glib1 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-glib1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavahi-glib1

Install libavahi-glib1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavahi-glib1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavahi-glib1

Install libavahi-glib1 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-glib1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavahi-glib1

How To Uninstall libavahi-glib1 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libavahi-glib1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavahi-glib1

Uninstall libavahi-glib1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavahi-glib1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavahi-glib1

Remove libavahi-glib1 Configurations and Data

To remove libavahi-glib1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavahi-glib1

Remove libavahi-glib1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavahi-glib1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavahi-glib1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-glib1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.