How To Install libosmocodec-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmocodec-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libosmocodec-doc is Documentation for the osmo codec library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmocodec-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libosmocodec-doc

libosmocodec-doc is:

This is part of the libosmocore “meta”-library. The libosmocore library contains various utility functions that were originally developed as part of the OpenBSC project, but which are of a more generic nature and thus useful to (at least) other programs that are developed in the sphere of Free Software / Open Source mobile communication.

This package contains the documentation for the libosmocodec library.

There are three methods to install libosmocodec-doc 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 libosmocodec-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libosmocodec-doc

Install libosmocodec-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libosmocodec-doc

Install libosmocodec-doc 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 libosmocodec-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmocodec-doc

How To Uninstall libosmocodec-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libosmocodec-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmocodec-doc

Uninstall libosmocodec-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmocodec-doc

Remove libosmocodec-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmocodec-doc

Remove libosmocodec-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmocodec-doc

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Summary

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