How To Install libshhopt1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libshhopt1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libshhopt1 is Command line option parser - runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libshhopt1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libshhopt1

libshhopt1 is:

This is Sverre H. Huseby’s library for parsing command line options.

Both traditional one-character options and GNU-style –long-options are supported. This library does a little more than standard getopt.

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

upstream webpage: http://shh.thathost.com/

There are three methods to install libshhopt1 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 libshhopt1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libshhopt1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libshhopt1

Install libshhopt1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libshhopt1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libshhopt1

Install libshhopt1 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 libshhopt1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libshhopt1

How To Uninstall libshhopt1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libshhopt1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libshhopt1

Uninstall libshhopt1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libshhopt1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libshhopt1

Remove libshhopt1 Configurations and Data

To remove libshhopt1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libshhopt1

Remove libshhopt1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libshhopt1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libshhopt1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libshhopt1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.