How To Install libshadowsocks-libev-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libshadowsocks-libev-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libshadowsocks-libev-dev
libshadowsocks-libev-dev is:
Shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight and secure socks5 proxy for embedded devices and low end boxes.
Shadowsocks-libev was inspired by Shadowsock (in Python). It’s rewritten in pure C and only depends on libev, mbedTLS and a few other tiny libraries.
This package provides C header files for the libraries.
There are three methods to install libshadowsocks-libev-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 libshadowsocks-libev-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 libshadowsocks-libev-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libshadowsocks-libev-dev
Install libshadowsocks-libev-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libshadowsocks-libev-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libshadowsocks-libev-dev
Install libshadowsocks-libev-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 libshadowsocks-libev-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libshadowsocks-libev-dev
How To Uninstall libshadowsocks-libev-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libshadowsocks-libev-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libshadowsocks-libev-dev
Uninstall libshadowsocks-libev-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libshadowsocks-libev-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libshadowsocks-libev-dev
Remove libshadowsocks-libev-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libshadowsocks-libev-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libshadowsocks-libev-dev
Remove libshadowsocks-libev-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libshadowsocks-libev-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libshadowsocks-libev-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libshadowsocks-libev-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
