How To Install libcsp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcsp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcsp-dev
libcsp-dev is:
Cubesat Space Protocol (CSP) is a small protocol stack written in C. CSP is designed to ease communication between distributed embedded systems in smaller networks, such as Cubesats. The design follows the TCP/IP model and includes a transport protocol, a routing protocol and several MAC-layer interfaces. The core of libcsp includes a router, a socket buffer pool and a connection oriented socket API.
This package contains the libcsp headers.
There are three methods to install libcsp-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 libcsp-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 libcsp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcsp-dev
Install libcsp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcsp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcsp-dev
Install libcsp-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 libcsp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcsp-dev
How To Uninstall libcsp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcsp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcsp-dev
Uninstall libcsp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcsp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcsp-dev
Remove libcsp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcsp-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcsp-dev
Remove libcsp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcsp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcsp-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcsp-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
