How To Install libiio-cil-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiio-cil-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libiio-cil-dev is CLI bindings for libiio (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiio-cil-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libiio-cil-dev

libiio-cil-dev is:

Libiio is a library that has been conceived to ease the development of applications interfacing Industrial Input/Output (IIO) devices through the IIO subsystem of the Linux kernel.

This package contains development files for the CLI bindings of libiio, and should be used for compilation.

There are three methods to install libiio-cil-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 libiio-cil-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 libiio-cil-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libiio-cil-dev

Install libiio-cil-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libiio-cil-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libiio-cil-dev

Install libiio-cil-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 libiio-cil-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libiio-cil-dev

How To Uninstall libiio-cil-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libiio-cil-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libiio-cil-dev

Uninstall libiio-cil-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libiio-cil-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiio-cil-dev

Remove libiio-cil-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libiio-cil-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libiio-cil-dev

Remove libiio-cil-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libiio-cil-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiio-cil-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiio-cil-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.