How To Install libip4tc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libip4tc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libip4tc-dev
libip4tc-dev is:
The user-space iptables (IPv4) C library from the Netfilter xtables framework.
This library has been considered private for years (and still is), in the sense of changing symbols and backward compatibility not guaranteed.
This package provides development files and static libraries.
There are three methods to install libip4tc-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 libip4tc-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 libip4tc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libip4tc-dev
Install libip4tc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libip4tc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libip4tc-dev
Install libip4tc-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 libip4tc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libip4tc-dev
How To Uninstall libip4tc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libip4tc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libip4tc-dev
Uninstall libip4tc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libip4tc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libip4tc-dev
Remove libip4tc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libip4tc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libip4tc-dev
Remove libip4tc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libip4tc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libip4tc-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libip4tc-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
