How To Install libntrack0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libntrack0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libntrack0 is lightweight connectivity tracking library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libntrack0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libntrack0

libntrack0 is:

ntrack aims to be a lightweight and easy to use library for application developers that want to get events on network online status changes such as online, offline or route changes.

The primary goal is to serve desktop applications in a network manager and desktop environment independent fashion. Also its supposed to be lightweight, resource un-intensive and extensible.

ntrack currently comes with bindings for glib, GObject, qt4 and python-gobject.

There are three methods to install libntrack0 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 libntrack0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libntrack0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libntrack0

Install libntrack0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libntrack0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libntrack0

Install libntrack0 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 libntrack0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libntrack0

How To Uninstall libntrack0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libntrack0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libntrack0

Uninstall libntrack0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libntrack0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libntrack0

Remove libntrack0 Configurations and Data

To remove libntrack0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libntrack0

Remove libntrack0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libntrack0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libntrack0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libntrack0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.