How To Install libcurl4-nss-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcurl4-nss-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcurl4-nss-dev
libcurl4-nss-dev is:
libcurl is an easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP.
libcurl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, Kerberos), file transfer resume, http proxy tunneling and more!
libcurl is free, thread-safe, IPv6 compatible, feature rich, well supported, fast, thoroughly documented and is already used by many known, big and successful companies and numerous applications.
This package provides the development files (ie. includes, static library, manual pages) that allow one to build software which uses libcurl.
SSL support is provided by NSS.
There are three methods to install libcurl4-nss-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 libcurl4-nss-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 libcurl4-nss-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcurl4-nss-dev
Install libcurl4-nss-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcurl4-nss-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcurl4-nss-dev
Install libcurl4-nss-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 libcurl4-nss-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcurl4-nss-dev
How To Uninstall libcurl4-nss-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcurl4-nss-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcurl4-nss-dev
Uninstall libcurl4-nss-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcurl4-nss-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcurl4-nss-dev
Remove libcurl4-nss-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcurl4-nss-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcurl4-nss-dev
Remove libcurl4-nss-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcurl4-nss-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcurl4-nss-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcurl4-nss-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
