How To Install libeb16 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeb16 on Ubuntu 18.04. libeb16 is C library for accessing electronic books (runtime files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeb16 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libeb16

libeb16 is:

EB Library is a C library for accessing CD-ROM books.

EB Library supports to access CD-ROM books of EB, EBG, EBXA, EBXA-C, S-EBXA and EPWING formats. CD-ROM books of those formats are popular in Japan. Since CD-ROM books themseves are stands on the ISO 9660 format, you can mount the discs by the same way as other ISO 9660 discs.

This package provides shared libraries of EB Library.

There are three methods to install libeb16 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 libeb16 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libeb16 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libeb16

Install libeb16 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libeb16 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libeb16

Install libeb16 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 libeb16 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libeb16

How To Uninstall libeb16 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libeb16 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libeb16

Uninstall libeb16 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libeb16 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeb16

Remove libeb16 Configurations and Data

To remove libeb16 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libeb16

Remove libeb16 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libeb16 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeb16

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeb16 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.