How To Install libosmonetif3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmonetif3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libosmonetif3
libosmonetif3 is:
The libosmo-netif library is one of the libraries needed by the OpenBSC GSM infrastructure software. This library in particular implements the shared code for network interfaces.
There are three methods to install libosmonetif3 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 libosmonetif3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libosmonetif3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libosmonetif3
Install libosmonetif3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libosmonetif3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libosmonetif3
Install libosmonetif3 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 libosmonetif3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libosmonetif3
How To Uninstall libosmonetif3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libosmonetif3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libosmonetif3
Uninstall libosmonetif3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libosmonetif3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmonetif3
Remove libosmonetif3 Configurations and Data
To remove libosmonetif3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libosmonetif3
Remove libosmonetif3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libosmonetif3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmonetif3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmonetif3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
