How To Install librest-0.7-0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librest-0.7-0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. librest-0.7-0-dbg is REST service access library (Debug files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librest-0.7-0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is librest-0.7-0-dbg

librest-0.7-0-dbg is:

This library was designed to make it easier to access web services that claim to be “RESTful”. It includes convenience wrappers for libsoup and libxml to ease remote use of the RESTful API.

This package contains the debug symbols.

There are three methods to install librest-0.7-0-dbg 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 librest-0.7-0-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librest-0.7-0-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librest-0.7-0-dbg

Install librest-0.7-0-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librest-0.7-0-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librest-0.7-0-dbg

Install librest-0.7-0-dbg 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 librest-0.7-0-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librest-0.7-0-dbg

How To Uninstall librest-0.7-0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the librest-0.7-0-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librest-0.7-0-dbg

Uninstall librest-0.7-0-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librest-0.7-0-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librest-0.7-0-dbg

Remove librest-0.7-0-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove librest-0.7-0-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librest-0.7-0-dbg

Remove librest-0.7-0-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librest-0.7-0-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librest-0.7-0-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librest-0.7-0-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.