How To Install librpmio8 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmio8 on Ubuntu 18.04. librpmio8 is RPM IO shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmio8 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is librpmio8

librpmio8 is:

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command-line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating computer software packages.

This library provides basic IO functionality which is used by librpm.

There are three methods to install librpmio8 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 librpmio8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librpmio8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librpmio8

Install librpmio8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librpmio8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librpmio8

Install librpmio8 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 librpmio8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librpmio8

How To Uninstall librpmio8 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the librpmio8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librpmio8

Uninstall librpmio8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librpmio8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librpmio8

Remove librpmio8 Configurations and Data

To remove librpmio8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librpmio8

Remove librpmio8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librpmio8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librpmio8

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmio8 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.