How To Install liblog4shib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4shib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblog4shib-dev
liblog4shib-dev is:
log4shib provides a library of C++ classes for flexible logging to files, syslog, and other destinations. It is modeled after the log4j Java library, staying as close to that API as is reasonable.
log4shib is a fork of the log4cpp library with additional fixes and modifications to improve its thread safety and robustness. It is primarily intended for use by the Shibboleth web authentication system.
This package contains the headers and other necessary files to build applications or libraries that use or extend the log4shib library.
There are three methods to install liblog4shib-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 liblog4shib-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 liblog4shib-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblog4shib-dev
Install liblog4shib-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblog4shib-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblog4shib-dev
Install liblog4shib-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 liblog4shib-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblog4shib-dev
How To Uninstall liblog4shib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblog4shib-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblog4shib-dev
Uninstall liblog4shib-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblog4shib-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblog4shib-dev
Remove liblog4shib-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblog4shib-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblog4shib-dev
Remove liblog4shib-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblog4shib-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblog4shib-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4shib-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
