How To Install libcbor-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbor-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libcbor-doc is library for parsing and generating CBOR (RFC 7049) (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbor-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libcbor-doc

libcbor-doc 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 documentation

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcbor-doc

Install libcbor-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcbor-doc

Install libcbor-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcbor-doc

How To Uninstall libcbor-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libcbor-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcbor-doc

Uninstall libcbor-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcbor-doc

Remove libcbor-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libcbor-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcbor-doc

Remove libcbor-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcbor-doc

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Summary

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