How To Install libsctp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsctp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsctp-dev
libsctp-dev is:
SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) is a message oriented, reliable transport protocol, with congestion control, support for transparent multi-homing, and multiple ordered streams of messages. RFC 2960 defines the core protocol.
This package is part of the LKSCTP project, providing all necessary files for developing SCTP aware network applications using the Linux kernel SCTP implementation: man pages, header files, static libraries, symlinks to dynamic libraries, and tutorial source code.
There are three methods to install libsctp-dev 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 libsctp-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 libsctp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsctp-dev
Install libsctp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsctp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsctp-dev
Install libsctp-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 libsctp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsctp-dev
How To Uninstall libsctp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsctp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsctp-dev
Uninstall libsctp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsctp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsctp-dev
Remove libsctp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsctp-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsctp-dev
Remove libsctp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsctp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsctp-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsctp-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
