How To Install libuv0.10 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuv0.10 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libuv0.10
libuv0.10 is:
Libuv is the asynchronous library behind Node.js. Very similar to libevent or libev, it provides the main elements for event driven systems: watching and waiting for availability in a set of sockets, and some other events like timers or asynchronous messages. However, libuv also comes with some other extras like:
- files watchers and asynchronous operations
- a portable TCP and UDP API, as well as asynchronous DNS resolution
- processes and threads management, and a portable inter-process communications mechanism, with pipes and work queues
- a plugins mechanism for loading libraries dynamically
- interface with external libraries that also need to access the I/O.
This package includes the dynamic library against which you can link your program.
There are three methods to install libuv0.10 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 libuv0.10 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libuv0.10 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libuv0.10
Install libuv0.10 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libuv0.10 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libuv0.10
Install libuv0.10 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 libuv0.10 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libuv0.10
How To Uninstall libuv0.10 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libuv0.10 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libuv0.10
Uninstall libuv0.10 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libuv0.10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libuv0.10
Remove libuv0.10 Configurations and Data
To remove libuv0.10 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libuv0.10
Remove libuv0.10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libuv0.10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libuv0.10
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuv0.10 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
