How To Install libquickfix17 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libquickfix17
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libquickfix17
libquickfix17 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 libquickfix17
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libquickfix17 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libquickfix17
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libquickfix17
Install libquickfix17 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libquickfix17
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libquickfix17
Install libquickfix17 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 libquickfix17
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libquickfix17
How To Uninstall libquickfix17 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libquickfix17
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libquickfix17
Uninstall libquickfix17 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libquickfix17
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libquickfix17
Remove libquickfix17 Configurations and Data
To remove libquickfix17
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libquickfix17
Remove libquickfix17 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libquickfix17
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libquickfix17
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libquickfix17
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.