How To Install libsolv0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsolv0
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsolv0
libsolv0 is:
This dependency solver code in this package is based on two major, but independent, blocks:
- Using a dictionary approach to store and retrieve package and dependency information.
- Using satisfiability, a well known and researched topic, for resolving package dependencies.
Supported package formats:
- rpm/rpm5
- deb
- Arch Linux
- haiku
Supported repository formats:
- rpmmd (primary, filelists, comps, deltainfo/presto, updateinfo)
- susetags, suse product formats
- mandriva/mageia (synthesis, info, files)
- Arch Linux
- red carpet helix format
- haiku
There are three methods to install libsolv0
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 libsolv0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsolv0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsolv0
Install libsolv0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsolv0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsolv0
Install libsolv0 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 libsolv0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsolv0
How To Uninstall libsolv0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsolv0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsolv0
Uninstall libsolv0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsolv0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsolv0
Remove libsolv0 Configurations and Data
To remove libsolv0
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsolv0
Remove libsolv0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsolv0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsolv0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsolv0
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.