How To Install libcbor-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbor-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcbor-dev
libcbor-dev is:
CBOR is a general-purpose schema-less binary data format, defined in RFC 7049. This package provides a C library for parsing and generating CBOR.
This package contains the development headers.
There are three methods to install libcbor-dev 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 libcbor-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcbor-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcbor-dev
Install libcbor-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcbor-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcbor-dev
Install libcbor-dev 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 libcbor-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcbor-dev
How To Uninstall libcbor-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcbor-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcbor-dev
Uninstall libcbor-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcbor-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcbor-dev
Remove libcbor-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcbor-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcbor-dev
Remove libcbor-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcbor-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcbor-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbor-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
