How To Install libsvrcore-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvrcore-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsvrcore-dev
libsvrcore-dev is:
Svrcore is a library for handling PIN requests from Mozilla’s Network Security Service (NSS) library. It provides a standard way for servers to allow PIN input from a file or from the terminal. There is also a PIN handler that caches the PIN in memory after encrypting it with a key stored on a PKCS11 device, thereby allowing a server to restart without reentering the PIN.
This package contains header files and symlinks to develop programs which will use the libsvrcore library. You should install this package if you need to develop programs which will use the svrcore library.
There are three methods to install libsvrcore-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 libsvrcore-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 libsvrcore-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsvrcore-dev
Install libsvrcore-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsvrcore-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsvrcore-dev
Install libsvrcore-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 libsvrcore-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsvrcore-dev
How To Uninstall libsvrcore-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsvrcore-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsvrcore-dev
Uninstall libsvrcore-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsvrcore-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsvrcore-dev
Remove libsvrcore-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsvrcore-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsvrcore-dev
Remove libsvrcore-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsvrcore-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsvrcore-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvrcore-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
