How To Install libieee1284-3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libieee1284-3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libieee1284-3-dev
libieee1284-3-dev is:
This library was designed to ease the use of the parallel port. It will automatically figure out which access method is available, depending on the running kernel and the permissions of the process.
It handles particular queries to the devices, like fetching the Device ID of a device.
This package contains the development files needed to build your applications using the libieee1284.
There are three methods to install libieee1284-3-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 libieee1284-3-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 libieee1284-3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libieee1284-3-dev
Install libieee1284-3-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libieee1284-3-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libieee1284-3-dev
Install libieee1284-3-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 libieee1284-3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libieee1284-3-dev
How To Uninstall libieee1284-3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libieee1284-3-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libieee1284-3-dev
Uninstall libieee1284-3-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libieee1284-3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libieee1284-3-dev
Remove libieee1284-3-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libieee1284-3-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libieee1284-3-dev
Remove libieee1284-3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libieee1284-3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libieee1284-3-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libieee1284-3-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
