How To Install libiv1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiv1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libiv1 is C++ GUI library with Motif Look and Feel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiv1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libiv1

libiv1 is:

InterViews is written in C++ and portable to several different Unix platforms. Applications written with the InterViews library can be configured to provide a special “Look and Feel”, such as SGI-Motif and normal Motif. This package contains the InterViews dynamic library.

There are three methods to install libiv1 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 libiv1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libiv1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libiv1

Install libiv1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libiv1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libiv1

Install libiv1 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 libiv1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libiv1

How To Uninstall libiv1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libiv1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libiv1

Uninstall libiv1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libiv1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiv1

Remove libiv1 Configurations and Data

To remove libiv1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libiv1

Remove libiv1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libiv1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiv1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiv1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.