How To Install libdontdie0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdontdie0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libdontdie0 is library that sets the TCP keep-alive flag when applications call socket(2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdontdie0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libdontdie0

libdontdie0 is:

libdontdie is a shared library that can be injected into any application with the LD_PRELOAD mechanism. It is completely transparent to the application and therefore works equally well with closed-source programs and with languages like Java that do not natively allow changing the TCP keep-alive parameters.

There are three methods to install libdontdie0 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 libdontdie0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdontdie0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdontdie0

Install libdontdie0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdontdie0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdontdie0

Install libdontdie0 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 libdontdie0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdontdie0

How To Uninstall libdontdie0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libdontdie0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdontdie0

Uninstall libdontdie0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdontdie0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdontdie0

Remove libdontdie0 Configurations and Data

To remove libdontdie0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdontdie0

Remove libdontdie0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdontdie0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdontdie0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdontdie0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.