How To Install libiio0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiio0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libiio0 is Library for interfacing with IIO devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiio0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libiio0

libiio0 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 the shared library.

There are three methods to install libiio0 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 libiio0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libiio0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libiio0

Install libiio0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libiio0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libiio0

Install libiio0 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 libiio0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libiio0

How To Uninstall libiio0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libiio0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libiio0

Uninstall libiio0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libiio0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiio0

Remove libiio0 Configurations and Data

To remove libiio0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libiio0

Remove libiio0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libiio0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiio0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiio0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.