How To Install libjson-c-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjson-c-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libjson-c-dev
libjson-c-dev is:
This library allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects.
The development headers for compiling programs that use libjson-c are provided by this package.
There are three methods to install libjson-c-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 libjson-c-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 libjson-c-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjson-c-dev
Install libjson-c-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjson-c-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjson-c-dev
Install libjson-c-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 libjson-c-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjson-c-dev
How To Uninstall libjson-c-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libjson-c-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjson-c-dev
Uninstall libjson-c-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjson-c-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjson-c-dev
Remove libjson-c-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libjson-c-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjson-c-dev
Remove libjson-c-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjson-c-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjson-c-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjson-c-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
