How To Install libwandio1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwandio1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libwandio1-dev is development headers for the libwandio library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwandio1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libwandio1-dev

libwandio1-dev is:

This package contains development headers and other ancillary files for the libwandio library.

libwandio is a file I/O library that will read and write both compressed and uncompressed files. All compression-related operations are performed in a separate thread where possible resulting in significant performance gains for tasks where I/O is the limiting factor (most simple trace analysis tasks are I/O-limited).

libwandio is developed by the WAND Network Research Group at Waikato University, New Zealand.

There are three methods to install libwandio1-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 libwandio1-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 libwandio1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwandio1-dev

Install libwandio1-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwandio1-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwandio1-dev

Install libwandio1-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 libwandio1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwandio1-dev

How To Uninstall libwandio1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libwandio1-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwandio1-dev

Uninstall libwandio1-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwandio1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwandio1-dev

Remove libwandio1-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libwandio1-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwandio1-dev

Remove libwandio1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwandio1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwandio1-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwandio1-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.