How To Install libudev1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libudev1 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libudev1
libudev1 is:
This library provides access to udev device information. Task: minimal
Package: libudev1 Architecture: amd64 Version: 245.4-4ubuntu3 Multi-Arch: same Priority: required Section: libs Source: systemd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 326 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.30) Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/libudev1_245.4-4ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 78348 MD5sum: 92ce8fc1836b65c901b100c51ac94de7 SHA1: 789d5775e5ae1c1b3acf45e06f3524f13b779a56 SHA256: ba6167777e012a638120a913c9d2d74c4b5346114d558d47c055fbf94cf6408d Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd Description-en: libudev shared library This library provides access to udev device information. Task: minimal
There are three methods to install libudev1 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libudev1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libudev1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libudev1
Install libudev1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libudev1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libudev1
Install libudev1 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 libudev1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libudev1
How To Uninstall libudev1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libudev1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libudev1
Uninstall libudev1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libudev1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libudev1
Remove libudev1 Configurations and Data
To remove libudev1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libudev1
Remove libudev1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libudev1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libudev1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libudev1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.