How To Install libmsgpuck-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsgpuck-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmsgpuck-dev
libmsgpuck-dev is:
MsgPack 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.
msgpuck is very lightweight header-only library designed to be embedded to your application by the C/C++ compiler. The library is fully documented and covered by unit tests.
This package provides a self-contained header file and a static library. The static library contains generated code for inline functions and globals tables needed by the some library functions.
There are three methods to install libmsgpuck-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 libmsgpuck-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 libmsgpuck-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmsgpuck-dev
Install libmsgpuck-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmsgpuck-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmsgpuck-dev
Install libmsgpuck-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 libmsgpuck-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmsgpuck-dev
How To Uninstall libmsgpuck-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmsgpuck-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmsgpuck-dev
Uninstall libmsgpuck-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmsgpuck-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmsgpuck-dev
Remove libmsgpuck-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmsgpuck-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmsgpuck-dev
Remove libmsgpuck-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmsgpuck-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmsgpuck-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsgpuck-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
