How To Install libwbclient-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwbclient-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwbclient-dev
libwbclient-dev is:
Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol for Unix systems, providing support for cross-platform file and printer sharing with Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems.
This package provides the development files (static library and headers) required for building applications against libwbclient, a library for client applications that interact via the winbind pipe protocol with a Samba winbind server.
There are three methods to install libwbclient-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 libwbclient-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 libwbclient-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwbclient-dev
Install libwbclient-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwbclient-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwbclient-dev
Install libwbclient-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 libwbclient-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwbclient-dev
How To Uninstall libwbclient-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwbclient-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwbclient-dev
Uninstall libwbclient-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwbclient-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwbclient-dev
Remove libwbclient-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwbclient-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwbclient-dev
Remove libwbclient-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwbclient-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwbclient-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwbclient-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
