How To Install liblightify-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblightify-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. liblightify-doc is library to control OSRAM Lightify – API documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblightify-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblightify-doc

liblightify-doc is:

Lightify the OSRAM’s product line of inteligent light sources, controlled via the Lightify gateway, acting as a bridge for ZigBee Light Link protocol.

This C library offers a API to directly talk to the Lightify gateway via TCP/IP and control the attached lamps.

The library supports control functions – like setting the color, color temperature, dim level and on/off control – and management functions like

Note: A ZigBee is standardized, all ZigBee LightLink compatible products should work with this library, when controlled using the OSRAM Lightify gateway.

This package contains the doxygen generated API documentation.

There are three methods to install liblightify-doc 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 liblightify-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblightify-doc

Install liblightify-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblightify-doc

Install liblightify-doc 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 liblightify-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblightify-doc

How To Uninstall liblightify-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblightify-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblightify-doc

Uninstall liblightify-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblightify-doc

Remove liblightify-doc Configurations and Data

To remove liblightify-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblightify-doc

Remove liblightify-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblightify-doc

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Summary

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