How To Install libtirpc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtirpc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtirpc-dev
libtirpc-dev is:
This package contains a port of Sun’s transport-independent RPC library to Linux. The library is intended as a replacement for the RPC code in the GNU C library, providing among others support for RPC (and in turn, NFS) over IPv6.
This package contains the files needed for development against libtirpc.
There are three methods to install libtirpc-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 libtirpc-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 libtirpc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtirpc-dev
Install libtirpc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtirpc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtirpc-dev
Install libtirpc-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 libtirpc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtirpc-dev
How To Uninstall libtirpc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtirpc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtirpc-dev
Uninstall libtirpc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtirpc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtirpc-dev
Remove libtirpc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtirpc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtirpc-dev
Remove libtirpc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtirpc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtirpc-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtirpc-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
