How To Install libhawknl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhawknl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libhawknl
libhawknl 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.
There are three methods to install libhawknl 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhawknl
Install libhawknl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhawknl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhawknl
Install libhawknl 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhawknl
How To Uninstall libhawknl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libhawknl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhawknl
Uninstall libhawknl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhawknl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhawknl
Remove libhawknl Configurations and Data
To remove libhawknl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhawknl
Remove libhawknl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhawknl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhawknl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhawknl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
