How To Install libsmdev1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmdev1
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsmdev1
libsmdev1 is:
libsmdev is a library to access to storage media devices.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libsmdev1
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 libsmdev1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsmdev1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsmdev1
Install libsmdev1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsmdev1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsmdev1
Install libsmdev1 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 libsmdev1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsmdev1
How To Uninstall libsmdev1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsmdev1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsmdev1
Uninstall libsmdev1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsmdev1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsmdev1
Remove libsmdev1 Configurations and Data
To remove libsmdev1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsmdev1
Remove libsmdev1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsmdev1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsmdev1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmdev1
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.