How To Install libustr-1.0-1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libustr-1.0-1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libustr-1.0-1
libustr-1.0-1 is:
ustr (Micro string library) is a string API for C. It has tiny overhead over just plain strdup(), is much safer, is easier to use, is faster for many operations, can be used with read-only or automatically allocated data. You don’t even need to link to the library to use it (so there are no dependencies).
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libustr-1.0-1 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 libustr-1.0-1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libustr-1.0-1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libustr-1.0-1
Install libustr-1.0-1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libustr-1.0-1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libustr-1.0-1
Install libustr-1.0-1 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 libustr-1.0-1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libustr-1.0-1
How To Uninstall libustr-1.0-1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libustr-1.0-1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libustr-1.0-1
Uninstall libustr-1.0-1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libustr-1.0-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libustr-1.0-1
Remove libustr-1.0-1 Configurations and Data
To remove libustr-1.0-1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libustr-1.0-1
Remove libustr-1.0-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libustr-1.0-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libustr-1.0-1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libustr-1.0-1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
