How To Install libcbf0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbf0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libcbf0 is shared library supporting CBFlib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbf0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libcbf0

libcbf0 is:

CBFlib is a library of ANSI-C functions providing a simple mechanism for accessing Crystallographic Binary Files (CBF files) and Image-supporting CIF (imgCIF) files.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libcbf0 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 libcbf0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcbf0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcbf0

Install libcbf0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcbf0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcbf0

Install libcbf0 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 libcbf0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcbf0

How To Uninstall libcbf0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libcbf0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcbf0

Uninstall libcbf0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcbf0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcbf0

Remove libcbf0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcbf0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcbf0

Remove libcbf0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcbf0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcbf0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbf0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.