How To Install libicapapi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libicapapi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libicapapi-dev
libicapapi-dev is:
C-ICAP is an implementation of an ICAP server. It can be used with HTTP proxies that support the ICAP protocol to implement content adaptation and filtering services.
Most of the commercial HTTP proxies must support the ICAP protocol. The open source Squid 3.x proxy server supports it.
This Package contains the ICAP API library development files.
There are three methods to install libicapapi-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 libicapapi-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 libicapapi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libicapapi-dev
Install libicapapi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libicapapi-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libicapapi-dev
Install libicapapi-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 libicapapi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libicapapi-dev
How To Uninstall libicapapi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libicapapi-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libicapapi-dev
Uninstall libicapapi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libicapapi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libicapapi-dev
Remove libicapapi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libicapapi-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libicapapi-dev
Remove libicapapi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libicapapi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libicapapi-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libicapapi-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
