How To Install liboop4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboop4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liboop4
liboop4 is:
Liboop is a low-level event loop management library for POSIX-based operating systems. It supports the development of modular, multiplexed applications which may respond to events from several sources. It replaces the “select() loop” and allows the registration of event handlers for file and network I/O, timers and signals. Since processes use these mechanisms for almost all external communication, liboop can be used as a basis for almost any application.
There are three methods to install liboop4 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 liboop4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liboop4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liboop4
Install liboop4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liboop4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liboop4
Install liboop4 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 liboop4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liboop4
How To Uninstall liboop4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liboop4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liboop4
Uninstall liboop4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liboop4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboop4
Remove liboop4 Configurations and Data
To remove liboop4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liboop4
Remove liboop4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liboop4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liboop4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboop4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
