How To Install libcomedi-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcomedi-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libcomedi-dev
libcomedi-dev is:
Comedilib is a library for using Comedi, a driver interface for data acquisition hardware.
This package contains headers, static libraries, documentation, and examples for writing software that uses the Comedilib library. You only need to install it if you plan to develop or compile software that uses Comedilib.
There are three methods to install libcomedi-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcomedi-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 libcomedi-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcomedi-dev
Install libcomedi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcomedi-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcomedi-dev
Install libcomedi-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 libcomedi-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcomedi-dev
How To Uninstall libcomedi-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libcomedi-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcomedi-dev
Uninstall libcomedi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcomedi-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcomedi-dev
Remove libcomedi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcomedi-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcomedi-dev
Remove libcomedi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcomedi-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcomedi-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcomedi-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.