How To Install libtty-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtty-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libtty-dev
libtty-dev is:
libtty is a library for handling terminal output. It is kind of “reverse curses” – it is on the receiving end of tty data, accepting vt100 codes and managing a virtual terminal. It lacks input handling thus is unfit for a real terminal emulator, but includes functions for storing a history of frames to handle a “video” recording.
A second part of the library provides ways to read/write/edit ttyrec/-like files, including transparent compression or streaming them from network.
This package contains the library headers.
There are three methods to install libtty-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtty-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 libtty-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtty-dev
Install libtty-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtty-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtty-dev
Install libtty-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 libtty-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtty-dev
How To Uninstall libtty-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libtty-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtty-dev
Uninstall libtty-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtty-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtty-dev
Remove libtty-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtty-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtty-dev
Remove libtty-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtty-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtty-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtty-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.