How To Install libtpl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtpl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtpl-dev
libtpl-dev is:
Tpl is a library for serializing C data. The data is stored in its natural binary form. The API is small and tries to stay “out of the way”. Tpl can serialize many C data types, including structures.
Tpl makes a convenient file format. For example, suppose a program needs to store a list of user names and ids. This can be expressed using the format string “A(si)”. If the program needs two such lists (say, one for regular users and one for administrators) this could be expressed as “A(si)A(si)”. It is easy to read and write this kind of structured data using tpl.
Tpl can also be used as an IPC message format. It handles byte order issues and deframing individual messages off of a stream automatically.
There are three methods to install libtpl-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 libtpl-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 libtpl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtpl-dev
Install libtpl-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtpl-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtpl-dev
Install libtpl-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 libtpl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtpl-dev
How To Uninstall libtpl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtpl-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtpl-dev
Uninstall libtpl-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtpl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtpl-dev
Remove libtpl-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtpl-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtpl-dev
Remove libtpl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtpl-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtpl-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtpl-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
