How To Install libesnacc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libesnacc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libesnacc-dev
libesnacc-dev is:
esnacc is short for “Enhanced Sample Neufeld ASN.1 to C Compiler” and ASN.1 stands for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ITU-T X.208/ISO 8824). Snacc supports a subset of ASN.1 1988.
This package contains the static libraries and C/C++ header files for snacc development.
There are three methods to install libesnacc-dev 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 libesnacc-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libesnacc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libesnacc-dev
Install libesnacc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libesnacc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libesnacc-dev
Install libesnacc-dev 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 libesnacc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libesnacc-dev
How To Uninstall libesnacc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libesnacc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libesnacc-dev
Uninstall libesnacc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libesnacc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libesnacc-dev
Remove libesnacc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libesnacc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libesnacc-dev
Remove libesnacc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libesnacc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libesnacc-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libesnacc-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
