How To Install libotfaux0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotfaux0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libotfaux0 is Open Trace Format support library - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotfaux0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libotfaux0

libotfaux0 is:

OTF is a standard trace format used by several high-performance tools, using an ASCII encoding, which supports multiple streams. The libotfaux provides support for reading/writing them.

This package contains the libotfaux shared library.

There are three methods to install libotfaux0 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 libotfaux0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libotfaux0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libotfaux0

Install libotfaux0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libotfaux0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libotfaux0

Install libotfaux0 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 libotfaux0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libotfaux0

How To Uninstall libotfaux0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libotfaux0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libotfaux0

Uninstall libotfaux0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libotfaux0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libotfaux0

Remove libotfaux0 Configurations and Data

To remove libotfaux0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libotfaux0

Remove libotfaux0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libotfaux0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libotfaux0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotfaux0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.