How To Install libserial1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libserial1
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libserial1
libserial1 is:
A collection of C++ classes which allow the serial port on POSIX systems to be accessed like an iostream object. Special functions are provided for setting various parameters of the serial port such as the baud rate, character size, flow control and other.
Provides the libserial library
There are three methods to install libserial1
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 libserial1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libserial1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libserial1
Install libserial1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libserial1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libserial1
Install libserial1 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 libserial1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libserial1
How To Uninstall libserial1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libserial1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libserial1
Uninstall libserial1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libserial1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libserial1
Remove libserial1 Configurations and Data
To remove libserial1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libserial1
Remove libserial1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libserial1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libserial1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libserial1
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.