How To Install libhidrd0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhidrd0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libhidrd0-dev
libhidrd0-dev is:
This package contains development libraries and headers for the hidrd USB HID interface library. The hidrd package is a library and collection of tools for parsing and generating HID report descriptors. It is an alternative to and in some ways an improvement over the official HID Descriptor Tool.
Native descriptor format is fully supported. An XML format is developed and supported for input and output. Specification example format is supported for output. Output to C source code with specification example format comments is supported. A tool called “hidrd-convert” is implemented and could be used to convert descriptors between formats.
There are three methods to install libhidrd0-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 libhidrd0-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 libhidrd0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhidrd0-dev
Install libhidrd0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhidrd0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhidrd0-dev
Install libhidrd0-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 libhidrd0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhidrd0-dev
How To Uninstall libhidrd0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libhidrd0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhidrd0-dev
Uninstall libhidrd0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhidrd0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhidrd0-dev
Remove libhidrd0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libhidrd0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhidrd0-dev
Remove libhidrd0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhidrd0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhidrd0-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhidrd0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
