How To Install liblirc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblirc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is liblirc-dev
liblirc-dev is:
LIRC stands for ‘Linux Infra-red Remote Control’.
Package contains headers and other support used when developing external applications, drivers (liblirc_driver.so) and also internal LIRC software. See the User Space Driver API and Lirc Client API sections in the lirc manual available in lirc-doc.
Package: liblirc-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.10.1-6.1 Priority: extra Section: libdevel Source: lirc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Lirc Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 234 Provides: liblircclient-dev Depends: liblirc0 (= 0.10.1-6.1), liblirc-client0 (= 0.10.1-6.1), lsb-base Breaks: liblircclient-dev (« 0.9.1) Replaces: liblircclient-dev (« 0.9.1) Filename: pool/main/l/lirc/liblirc-dev_0.10.1-6.1_amd64.deb Size: 41700 MD5sum: 429d8afcb02ad462aec5b16b23cd6e9b SHA1: 7b141dfa2564660225e0a7def40a88bcc380ed58 SHA256: 287d6789590b082d165d7bf6f260fa20e2804e155a1413c8d198b0bce6f9d646 Homepage: https://sf.net/p/lirc Description-en: Infra-red remote control support - development files LIRC stands for ‘Linux Infra-red Remote Control’.
Package contains headers and other support used when developing external applications, drivers (liblirc_driver.so) and also internal LIRC software. See the User Space Driver API and Lirc Client API sections in the lirc manual available in lirc-doc.
There are three methods to install liblirc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liblirc-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 liblirc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblirc-dev
Install liblirc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblirc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblirc-dev
Install liblirc-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 liblirc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblirc-dev
How To Uninstall liblirc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the liblirc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblirc-dev
Uninstall liblirc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblirc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblirc-dev
Remove liblirc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblirc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblirc-dev
Remove liblirc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblirc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblirc-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblirc-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.