How To Install libquickfix16 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libquickfix16
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libquickfix16
libquickfix16 is:
The Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol is a message standard developed to facilitate the electronic exchange of information related to securities transactions. It is intended for use between trading partners wishing to automate communications.
This package includes the quickfix runtime files.
There are three methods to install libquickfix16
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 libquickfix16 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libquickfix16
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libquickfix16
Install libquickfix16 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libquickfix16
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libquickfix16
Install libquickfix16 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 libquickfix16
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libquickfix16
How To Uninstall libquickfix16 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libquickfix16
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libquickfix16
Uninstall libquickfix16 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libquickfix16
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libquickfix16
Remove libquickfix16 Configurations and Data
To remove libquickfix16
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libquickfix16
Remove libquickfix16 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libquickfix16
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libquickfix16
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libquickfix16
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.