How To Install libiec61883-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiec61883-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libiec61883-dev
libiec61883-dev is:
Implementation of IEC 61883, part 1 (CIP, plug registers, and CMP), part 2 (DV-SD), part 4 (MPEG2-TS), and part 6 (AMDTP). Outside of IIDC, nearly all FireWire multimedia devices use IEC 61883 protocols.
The libiec61883 library provides a higher level API for streaming DV, MPEG-2 and audio over Linux IEEE 1394. This includes both reception and transmission. It uses the new “rawiso” API of libraw1394, which transparently provides mmap-ed DMA for efficient data transfer. It also represents the third generation of I/O technology for Linux 1394 for these media types thereby removing the complexities of additional kernel modules, /dev nodes, and procfs. It also consolidates features for plug control registers and connection management that previously existed in experimental form in an unreleased version of libavc1394.
These are development files for libiec61883 library.
There are three methods to install libiec61883-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 libiec61883-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 libiec61883-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libiec61883-dev
Install libiec61883-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libiec61883-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libiec61883-dev
Install libiec61883-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 libiec61883-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libiec61883-dev
How To Uninstall libiec61883-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libiec61883-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libiec61883-dev
Uninstall libiec61883-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libiec61883-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiec61883-dev
Remove libiec61883-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libiec61883-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libiec61883-dev
Remove libiec61883-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libiec61883-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiec61883-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiec61883-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
