How To Install libecore-ipc1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libecore-ipc1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libecore-ipc1 is Ecore inter-process communication functions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libecore-ipc1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libecore-ipc1

libecore-ipc1 is:

This is the core event abstraction layer and X abstraction layer that makes doing selections, Xdnd, general X stuff, and event loops, timeouts and idle handlers fast, optimized, and convenient. It’s a separate library so anyone can make use of the work put into Ecore to make this job easy for applications.

This package contains the Ecore inter-process communication functions.

There are three methods to install libecore-ipc1 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 libecore-ipc1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libecore-ipc1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libecore-ipc1

Install libecore-ipc1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libecore-ipc1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libecore-ipc1

Install libecore-ipc1 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 libecore-ipc1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libecore-ipc1

How To Uninstall libecore-ipc1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libecore-ipc1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libecore-ipc1

Uninstall libecore-ipc1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libecore-ipc1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libecore-ipc1

Remove libecore-ipc1 Configurations and Data

To remove libecore-ipc1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libecore-ipc1

Remove libecore-ipc1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libecore-ipc1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libecore-ipc1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libecore-ipc1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.