How To Install libhawknl-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhawknl-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libhawknl-dbg
libhawknl-dbg is:
HawkNL is a free, open source, game oriented network API.
HawkNL (NL) is a fairly low level API, a wrapper over Berkeley/Unix Sockets and Winsock. But NL also provides other features including support for:
- Multiple operating systems.
- Groups of sockets
- Socket statistics
- High accuracy timer
- CRC functions
- Macros to read and write data to packets with endian conversion
- Multiple network transports.
This package contains the debug symbols.
There are three methods to install libhawknl-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 libhawknl-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 libhawknl-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhawknl-dbg
Install libhawknl-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhawknl-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhawknl-dbg
Install libhawknl-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 libhawknl-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhawknl-dbg
How To Uninstall libhawknl-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libhawknl-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhawknl-dbg
Uninstall libhawknl-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhawknl-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhawknl-dbg
Remove libhawknl-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libhawknl-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhawknl-dbg
Remove libhawknl-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhawknl-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhawknl-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhawknl-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
