How To Install libnetcf-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetcf-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnetcf-dev
libnetcf-dev is:
Netcf is a library used to modify the network configuration of a system. Network configurations are expressed in a platform-independent XML format, which netcf translates into changes to the system’s ’native’ network configuration files.
This package contains all the files that are needed to build applications using netcf.
There are three methods to install libnetcf-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 libnetcf-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 libnetcf-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnetcf-dev
Install libnetcf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnetcf-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnetcf-dev
Install libnetcf-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 libnetcf-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnetcf-dev
How To Uninstall libnetcf-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnetcf-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnetcf-dev
Uninstall libnetcf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnetcf-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetcf-dev
Remove libnetcf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnetcf-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnetcf-dev
Remove libnetcf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnetcf-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnetcf-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetcf-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.