How To Install libqsastime0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqsastime0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libqsastime0 is Time format conversion library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqsastime0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libqsastime0

libqsastime0 is:

The qsastime library is a simple library for handling time format conversion. It overcomes the limitations of the POSIX time handling routines by allow high precision time variables over a large range of ranges of dates and by correctly handling leap seconds. It was designed with the needs of scientific data plotting in mind. This package provides the runtime library.

The source code for this library is part of the plplot source package.

There are three methods to install libqsastime0 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 libqsastime0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libqsastime0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libqsastime0

Install libqsastime0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libqsastime0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libqsastime0

Install libqsastime0 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 libqsastime0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libqsastime0

How To Uninstall libqsastime0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libqsastime0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libqsastime0

Uninstall libqsastime0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libqsastime0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqsastime0

Remove libqsastime0 Configurations and Data

To remove libqsastime0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libqsastime0

Remove libqsastime0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libqsastime0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqsastime0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqsastime0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.