How To Install librscode-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librscode-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is librscode-dev
librscode-dev is:
The RSCODE project is an implementation of a Reed-Solomon error correction algorithm. It provides a byte-sized block coding which is convenient for adding protection to data which is stored as eight-bit bytes (i.e., most common computer data).
The Reed-Solomon code is the same one used for encoding of data on Audio CD’s and CD-ROM disks, as well as many magnetic and optical disk controllers. You basically want to use Reed-Solomon coding in any situation where “forward error correction” is needed, i.e., the decoder will not have the option of requesting retransmission of bad blocks.
This package contains the header file and the static library.
There are three methods to install librscode-dev
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 librscode-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librscode-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librscode-dev
Install librscode-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librscode-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librscode-dev
Install librscode-dev 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 librscode-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librscode-dev
How To Uninstall librscode-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the librscode-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librscode-dev
Uninstall librscode-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librscode-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librscode-dev
Remove librscode-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librscode-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librscode-dev
Remove librscode-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librscode-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librscode-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librscode-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.