How To Install libhawknl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhawknl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libhawknl-dev is Hawk game oriented network library API (development headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhawknl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libhawknl-dev

libhawknl-dev 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 development libraries and headers.

There are three methods to install libhawknl-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 libhawknl-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 libhawknl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhawknl-dev

Install libhawknl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhawknl-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhawknl-dev

Install libhawknl-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 libhawknl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhawknl-dev

How To Uninstall libhawknl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libhawknl-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhawknl-dev

Uninstall libhawknl-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhawknl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhawknl-dev

Remove libhawknl-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libhawknl-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhawknl-dev

Remove libhawknl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhawknl-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhawknl-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhawknl-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.