How To Install libmsgpack-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsgpack-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmsgpack-dev
libmsgpack-dev is:
MessagePack is a binary-based efficient object serialization library. It enables to exchange structured objects between many languages like JSON. But unlike JSON, it is very fast and small.
This package contains the headers files needed for developing with msgpack-c.
There are three methods to install libmsgpack-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 libmsgpack-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 libmsgpack-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmsgpack-dev
Install libmsgpack-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmsgpack-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmsgpack-dev
Install libmsgpack-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 libmsgpack-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmsgpack-dev
How To Uninstall libmsgpack-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmsgpack-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmsgpack-dev
Uninstall libmsgpack-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmsgpack-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmsgpack-dev
Remove libmsgpack-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmsgpack-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmsgpack-dev
Remove libmsgpack-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmsgpack-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmsgpack-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsgpack-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
