How To Install libjansson4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjansson4
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libjansson4
libjansson4 is:
Jansson is a C library for encoding, decoding and manipulating JSON data.
It features:
- Simple and intuitive API and data model
- Comprehensive documentation
- No dependencies on other libraries
- Full Unicode support (UTF-8)
- Extensive test suite
There are three methods to install libjansson4
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 libjansson4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libjansson4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjansson4
Install libjansson4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjansson4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjansson4
Install libjansson4 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 libjansson4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjansson4
How To Uninstall libjansson4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libjansson4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjansson4
Uninstall libjansson4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjansson4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjansson4
Remove libjansson4 Configurations and Data
To remove libjansson4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjansson4
Remove libjansson4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjansson4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjansson4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjansson4
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.