How To Install libowfat0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libowfat0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libowfat0
libowfat0 is:
This library is a reimplementation of libdjb, which means that it provides Daniel Bernstein’s interfaces (with some extensions).
It contains wrappers around memory allocation, buffered I/O, routines for formatting and scanning, a full DNS resolver, several socket routines, wrappers for socket functions, mkfifo, opendir, wait, and an abstraction around errno. It also includes wrappers for Unix signal functions and a layer of mmap and sendfile.
This package contains the shared library linked against glibc. The library is also available for use with the diet libc (see libowfat-dietlibc-dev).
There are three methods to install libowfat0 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 libowfat0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libowfat0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libowfat0
Install libowfat0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libowfat0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libowfat0
Install libowfat0 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 libowfat0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libowfat0
How To Uninstall libowfat0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libowfat0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libowfat0
Uninstall libowfat0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libowfat0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libowfat0
Remove libowfat0 Configurations and Data
To remove libowfat0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libowfat0
Remove libowfat0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libowfat0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libowfat0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libowfat0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
