How To Install libpsocksxx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpsocksxx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpsocksxx-dev
libpsocksxx-dev is:
psocksxx library attempts to borrow the concepts from socket++ and socket-library, but not the code, and create a well documented (and hopefully easy to understand) POSIX socket communication wrapper in C++. To keep the code simple and clean this project will only support POSIX sockets. This package holds the development files.
There are three methods to install libpsocksxx-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 libpsocksxx-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 libpsocksxx-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpsocksxx-dev
Install libpsocksxx-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpsocksxx-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpsocksxx-dev
Install libpsocksxx-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 libpsocksxx-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpsocksxx-dev
How To Uninstall libpsocksxx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpsocksxx-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpsocksxx-dev
Uninstall libpsocksxx-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpsocksxx-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpsocksxx-dev
Remove libpsocksxx-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpsocksxx-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpsocksxx-dev
Remove libpsocksxx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpsocksxx-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpsocksxx-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpsocksxx-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
