How To Install libtirpc1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtirpc1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libtirpc1 is transport-independent RPC library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtirpc1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libtirpc1

libtirpc1 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.

There are three methods to install libtirpc1 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 libtirpc1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtirpc1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtirpc1

Install libtirpc1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtirpc1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtirpc1

Install libtirpc1 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 libtirpc1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtirpc1

How To Uninstall libtirpc1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libtirpc1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtirpc1

Uninstall libtirpc1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtirpc1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtirpc1

Remove libtirpc1 Configurations and Data

To remove libtirpc1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtirpc1

Remove libtirpc1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtirpc1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtirpc1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtirpc1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.