How To Install libeegdev0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeegdev0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libeegdev0-dbg
libeegdev0-dbg is:
eegdev is a library that provides a unified interface for accessing various EEG (and other biosignals) acquisition systems. This interface has been designed to be both flexible and efficient. The device specific part is implemented by the mean of plugins which makes adding new device backend fairly easy even if the library does not support them yet officially.
The core library not only provides to users a unified and consistent interfaces to the acquisition device but it also provides many functionalities to the device backends (plugins) ranging from configuration to data casting and scaling making writing new device backend an easy task.
This library is particularly useful to handle the acquisition part of a Brain Computer Interface (BCI) or any realtime multi-electrode acquisition in neurophysiological research.
This package provides the debugging symbols for the library.
There are three methods to install libeegdev0-dbg 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 libeegdev0-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libeegdev0-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libeegdev0-dbg
Install libeegdev0-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libeegdev0-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libeegdev0-dbg
Install libeegdev0-dbg 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 libeegdev0-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libeegdev0-dbg
How To Uninstall libeegdev0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libeegdev0-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libeegdev0-dbg
Uninstall libeegdev0-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libeegdev0-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeegdev0-dbg
Remove libeegdev0-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libeegdev0-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libeegdev0-dbg
Remove libeegdev0-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libeegdev0-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeegdev0-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeegdev0-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
