How To Install libftdi1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libftdi1
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libftdi1
libftdi1 is:
This library could talk to FTDI’s FT232 and FT245 type USB chips from userspace. It uses libusb to communicate with the chips.
Functionalities include the possibility to use the chips in standard mode, in bitbang mode, and to read or write the serial EEPROM.
This is the C version of the library.
There are three methods to install libftdi1
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 libftdi1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libftdi1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libftdi1
Install libftdi1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libftdi1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libftdi1
Install libftdi1 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 libftdi1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libftdi1
How To Uninstall libftdi1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libftdi1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libftdi1
Uninstall libftdi1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libftdi1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libftdi1
Remove libftdi1 Configurations and Data
To remove libftdi1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libftdi1
Remove libftdi1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libftdi1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libftdi1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libftdi1
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.