How To Install libshhmsg1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libshhmsg1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libshhmsg1 is library for displaying messages - runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libshhmsg1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libshhmsg1

libshhmsg1 is:

This is Sverre H. Huseby’s library for displaying messages in terminal based programs. It can treat the verbosity level and prepend the program name if necessary.

This package contains what you need to run programs that use this library.

There are three methods to install libshhmsg1 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 libshhmsg1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libshhmsg1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libshhmsg1

Install libshhmsg1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libshhmsg1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libshhmsg1

Install libshhmsg1 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 libshhmsg1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libshhmsg1

How To Uninstall libshhmsg1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libshhmsg1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libshhmsg1

Uninstall libshhmsg1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libshhmsg1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libshhmsg1

Remove libshhmsg1 Configurations and Data

To remove libshhmsg1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libshhmsg1

Remove libshhmsg1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libshhmsg1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libshhmsg1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libshhmsg1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.