How To Install libopendht-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopendht-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopendht-dev
libopendht-dev is:
OpenDHT is a C++11 distributed hash table implementation. Feature list:
- Distributed shared key->value data-store
- Clean and powerful distributed map API with storage of arbitrary binary values of up to 56 KB.
- Optional public key cryptography layer providing data signature and encryption (using GnuTLS).
- IPv4 and IPv6 support.
This package contains the static library and headers.
There are three methods to install libopendht-dev 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 libopendht-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 libopendht-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopendht-dev
Install libopendht-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopendht-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopendht-dev
Install libopendht-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 libopendht-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopendht-dev
How To Uninstall libopendht-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopendht-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopendht-dev
Uninstall libopendht-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopendht-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopendht-dev
Remove libopendht-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopendht-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopendht-dev
Remove libopendht-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopendht-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopendht-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopendht-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
