How To Install libofapi-example on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libofapi-example on Ubuntu 18.04. libofapi-example is OpenFirmware device-tree parsing library [example files]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libofapi-example on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libofapi-example

libofapi-example is:

oflib is a library designed to make the parsing of POWER and SPARC device-tree’s (OpenFirmware) simple and fast.

It is useful for querying the hardware of the current system in applications for Apple, IBM and SUN machines.

Example applications are included to show some of its capabilities.

There are three methods to install libofapi-example 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 libofapi-example Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libofapi-example

Install libofapi-example Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libofapi-example

Install libofapi-example 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 libofapi-example using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libofapi-example

How To Uninstall libofapi-example on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libofapi-example package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libofapi-example

Uninstall libofapi-example And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libofapi-example

Remove libofapi-example Configurations and Data

To remove libofapi-example configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libofapi-example

Remove libofapi-example configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libofapi-example

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Summary

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