How To Install libspdylay-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspdylay-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libspdylay-dev is implementation of SPDY protocol in C - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspdylay-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libspdylay-dev

libspdylay-dev is:

This library provides SPDY version 2, 3 and 3.1 framing layer implementation. It does not perform any I/O operations. When the library needs them, it calls the callback functions provided by the application. It also does not include any event polling mechanism, so the application can freely choose the way of handling events

This package ships the development files.

There are three methods to install libspdylay-dev 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 libspdylay-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libspdylay-dev

Install libspdylay-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libspdylay-dev

Install libspdylay-dev 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 libspdylay-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libspdylay-dev

How To Uninstall libspdylay-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libspdylay-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libspdylay-dev

Uninstall libspdylay-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspdylay-dev

Remove libspdylay-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libspdylay-dev

Remove libspdylay-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspdylay-dev

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Summary

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