How To Install libopenthreads20 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenthreads20 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopenthreads20
libopenthreads20 is:
This library is intended to provide a minimal & complete Object-Oriented (OO) thread interface for C++ programmers, used primarily in OpenSceneGraph. It is loosely modeled on the Java thread API, and the POSIX Threads standards.
This package contains the shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libopenthreads20 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 libopenthreads20 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenthreads20 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenthreads20
Install libopenthreads20 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenthreads20 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenthreads20
Install libopenthreads20 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 libopenthreads20 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenthreads20
How To Uninstall libopenthreads20 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenthreads20 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenthreads20
Uninstall libopenthreads20 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenthreads20 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenthreads20
Remove libopenthreads20 Configurations and Data
To remove libopenthreads20 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenthreads20
Remove libopenthreads20 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenthreads20 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenthreads20
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenthreads20 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
