How To Install libtango9 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtango9 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtango9
libtango9 is:
TANGO is an object-oriented distributed control system using CORBA. In TANGO all objects are representations of devices, which can be on the same computer or distributed over a network. Communication between devices uses CORBA and can be synchronous, asynchronous or event driven.
The object model in TANGO supports methods, attributes and properties. TANGO provides an API which hides all the details of network access and provides object browsing, discovery, and security features. Permanent data is stored in a MySQL/MariaDB database.
TANGO is being actively developed as a collaborative effort between the ESRF (www.esrf.eu), Soleil (synchrotron-soleil.fr), Alba (www.cells.es), and Elettra institutes (www.elettra.trieste.it).
This package contains the files necessary for running TANGO applications.
There are three methods to install libtango9 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 libtango9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtango9 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtango9
Install libtango9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtango9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtango9
Install libtango9 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 libtango9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtango9
How To Uninstall libtango9 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtango9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtango9
Uninstall libtango9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtango9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtango9
Remove libtango9 Configurations and Data
To remove libtango9 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtango9
Remove libtango9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtango9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtango9
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtango9 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
