How To Install libuv1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuv1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libuv1-dev
libuv1-dev 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.
Install this package if you wish to develop your own programs using the libuv engine.
There are three methods to install libuv1-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 libuv1-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 libuv1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libuv1-dev
Install libuv1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libuv1-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libuv1-dev
Install libuv1-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 libuv1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libuv1-dev
How To Uninstall libuv1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libuv1-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libuv1-dev
Uninstall libuv1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libuv1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libuv1-dev
Remove libuv1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libuv1-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libuv1-dev
Remove libuv1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libuv1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libuv1-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuv1-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
