How To Install libivykis-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libivykis-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libivykis-dev
libivykis-dev is:
Contains the header files, documentation, examples and static libraries for use in developing applications that use the libivykis library.
The ivykis library is a thin, portable wrapper around OS-provided mechanisms such as epoll(4), kqueue(2) and poll(2). It was mainly designed for building high-performance network applications, but can be used in any event-driver application that uses pollable file descriptors as its event sources.
There are three methods to install libivykis-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 libivykis-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 libivykis-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libivykis-dev
Install libivykis-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libivykis-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libivykis-dev
Install libivykis-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 libivykis-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libivykis-dev
How To Uninstall libivykis-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libivykis-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libivykis-dev
Uninstall libivykis-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libivykis-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libivykis-dev
Remove libivykis-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libivykis-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libivykis-dev
Remove libivykis-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libivykis-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libivykis-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libivykis-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
