How To Install libffcall1b on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffcall1b on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libffcall1b
libffcall1b is:
ffcall is a collection of libraries which can be used to build foreign function call interfaces in embedded interpreters.
This package installs a shared version of the main libffcall library, which consists of two parts:
avcall - calling C functions with variable arguments
callback - closures with variable arguments as first-class C functions
There are three methods to install libffcall1b 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 libffcall1b Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libffcall1b using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libffcall1b
Install libffcall1b Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libffcall1b using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libffcall1b
Install libffcall1b 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 libffcall1b using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libffcall1b
How To Uninstall libffcall1b on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libffcall1b package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libffcall1b
Uninstall libffcall1b And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libffcall1b and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffcall1b
Remove libffcall1b Configurations and Data
To remove libffcall1b configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libffcall1b
Remove libffcall1b configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libffcall1b configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffcall1b
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffcall1b package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
