How To Install libossp-sa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libossp-sa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libossp-sa-dev is Abstraction library for the Unix socket API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libossp-sa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libossp-sa-dev

libossp-sa-dev is:

OSSP sa is an abstraction library for the Unix socket application programming interface (API) featuring stream and datagram oriented communication over Unix Domain and Internet Domain (TCP and UDP) sockets. It provides the following key features: address abstraction (local, IPv4, and IPv6), type abstraction, I/O timeouts, I/O stream buffering and convenience I/O functions.

There are three methods to install libossp-sa-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 libossp-sa-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 libossp-sa-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libossp-sa-dev

Install libossp-sa-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libossp-sa-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libossp-sa-dev

Install libossp-sa-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 libossp-sa-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libossp-sa-dev

How To Uninstall libossp-sa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libossp-sa-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libossp-sa-dev

Uninstall libossp-sa-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libossp-sa-dev

Remove libossp-sa-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libossp-sa-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libossp-sa-dev

Remove libossp-sa-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libossp-sa-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libossp-sa-dev

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Summary

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