How To Install libofapi0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libofapi0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libofapi0
libofapi0 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.
There are three methods to install libofapi0 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 libofapi0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libofapi0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libofapi0
Install libofapi0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libofapi0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libofapi0
Install libofapi0 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 libofapi0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libofapi0
How To Uninstall libofapi0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libofapi0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libofapi0
Uninstall libofapi0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libofapi0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libofapi0
Remove libofapi0 Configurations and Data
To remove libofapi0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libofapi0
Remove libofapi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libofapi0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libofapi0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libofapi0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
