How To Install libcos4-2 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcos4-2 on Ubuntu 18.04. libcos4-2 is omniORB CORBA services stubs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcos4-2 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libcos4-2

libcos4-2 is:

omniORB4 is a freely available Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) 2.6 compliant object request broker (ORB) implementation. It is based on the IIOP communications protocol and should be interoperable with any other CORBA 2.6 compliant ORB.

This includes libcos4 and libcosdynamic4.

There are three methods to install libcos4-2 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 libcos4-2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcos4-2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcos4-2

Install libcos4-2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcos4-2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcos4-2

Install libcos4-2 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 libcos4-2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcos4-2

How To Uninstall libcos4-2 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libcos4-2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcos4-2

Uninstall libcos4-2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcos4-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcos4-2

Remove libcos4-2 Configurations and Data

To remove libcos4-2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcos4-2

Remove libcos4-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcos4-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcos4-2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcos4-2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.