How To Install libcomedi0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcomedi0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcomedi0
libcomedi0 is:
Comedilib is a library for using Comedi, a driver interface for data acquisition hardware. Comedi supports a wide variety of ISA and PCI devices that contain analog-to-digital converters, digital-to-analog converters, digital input/output, counters and timers. The full list of support devices can be found in the libcomedi-dev documentation.
This package contains the shared library component of Comedilib. In general, this package will be automatically installed as a dependency of application or other library packages.
In order to effectively use this package, you need to have compiled and installed the Comedi kernel modules. The source for Comedi is available in the comedi-source package, which also contains instructions on how to compile and install the modules.
There are three methods to install libcomedi0 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 libcomedi0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcomedi0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcomedi0
Install libcomedi0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcomedi0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcomedi0
Install libcomedi0 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 libcomedi0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcomedi0
How To Uninstall libcomedi0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcomedi0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcomedi0
Uninstall libcomedi0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcomedi0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcomedi0
Remove libcomedi0 Configurations and Data
To remove libcomedi0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcomedi0
Remove libcomedi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcomedi0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcomedi0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcomedi0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
