How To Install liblog4c3 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4c3 on Ubuntu 18.04. liblog4c3 is C library for flexible logging (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4c3 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblog4c3

liblog4c3 is:

Log4c is a library of C for flexible logging to files, syslog and other destinations.

It is modeled after the Log for Java library (http://logging.apache.org), staying as close to their API as is reasonable.

This package contains the files necessary for running applications that use the log4c library.

There are three methods to install liblog4c3 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 liblog4c3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblog4c3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblog4c3

Install liblog4c3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblog4c3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblog4c3

Install liblog4c3 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 liblog4c3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblog4c3

How To Uninstall liblog4c3 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblog4c3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblog4c3

Uninstall liblog4c3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblog4c3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblog4c3

Remove liblog4c3 Configurations and Data

To remove liblog4c3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblog4c3

Remove liblog4c3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblog4c3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblog4c3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4c3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.