How To Install libsoup-gnome2.4-1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoup-gnome2.4-1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsoup-gnome2.4-1
libsoup-gnome2.4-1 is:
It was originally part of a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation called Soup, but the SOAP and non-SOAP parts have now been split into separate packages.
libsoup uses the Glib main loop and is designed to work well with GTK+ applications. This enables GNOME applications to access HTTP servers on the network in a completely asynchronous fashion, very similar to the GTK+ programming model (a synchronous operation mode is also supported for those who want it).
The GNOME support library is used for features which are important to GNOME apps, but which require GNOME-specific libraries that non-GNOME apps may not want to add dependencies on.
Features:
- Both asynchronous (GMainLoop and callback-based) and synchronous APIs
- Automatically caches connections
- SSL Support using GnuTLS
- Proxy support, including authentication and SSL tunneling
- Client support for Digest, NTLM, and Basic authentication
- Server support for Digest and Basic authentication
- Basic client-side SOAP and XML-RPC support
This package contains the GNOME support shared library.
There are three methods to install libsoup-gnome2.4-1 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 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsoup-gnome2.4-1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsoup-gnome2.4-1
Install libsoup-gnome2.4-1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsoup-gnome2.4-1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsoup-gnome2.4-1
Install libsoup-gnome2.4-1 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 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsoup-gnome2.4-1
How To Uninstall libsoup-gnome2.4-1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsoup-gnome2.4-1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsoup-gnome2.4-1
Uninstall libsoup-gnome2.4-1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsoup-gnome2.4-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsoup-gnome2.4-1
Remove libsoup-gnome2.4-1 Configurations and Data
To remove libsoup-gnome2.4-1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsoup-gnome2.4-1
Remove libsoup-gnome2.4-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsoup-gnome2.4-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsoup-gnome2.4-1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoup-gnome2.4-1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.