How To Install libsmpp34-0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmpp34-0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libsmpp34-0 is Open PDU SMPP packaging and unpackaging tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmpp34-0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libsmpp34-0

libsmpp34-0 is:

This library is an implementation for providing the PDU handling of the SMPP-3.4 protocol. SMPP (Short Message Peer-to-Peer) is an open industry standard protocol designed to provide a flexible data communication interface for the transfer of short message data between External Short Messaging Entities, Routing Entitites and Message Centres.

There are three methods to install libsmpp34-0 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 libsmpp34-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsmpp34-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsmpp34-0

Install libsmpp34-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsmpp34-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsmpp34-0

Install libsmpp34-0 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 libsmpp34-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsmpp34-0

How To Uninstall libsmpp34-0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libsmpp34-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsmpp34-0

Uninstall libsmpp34-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsmpp34-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsmpp34-0

Remove libsmpp34-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libsmpp34-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsmpp34-0

Remove libsmpp34-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsmpp34-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsmpp34-0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmpp34-0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.