How To Install libenet7 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libenet7
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libenet7
libenet7 is:
ENet’s purpose is to provide a relatively thin, simple and robust network communication layer on top of UDP (User Datagram Protocol). The primary feature it provides is optional reliable, in-order delivery of packets.
ENet is NOT intended to be a general purpose high level networking library that handles authentication, lobbying, server discovery, compression, encryption and other high level, often application level or dependent tasks.
There are three methods to install libenet7
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libenet7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libenet7
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libenet7
Install libenet7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libenet7
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libenet7
Install libenet7 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 libenet7
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libenet7
How To Uninstall libenet7 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libenet7
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libenet7
Uninstall libenet7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libenet7
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libenet7
Remove libenet7 Configurations and Data
To remove libenet7
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libenet7
Remove libenet7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libenet7
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libenet7
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libenet7
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.