How To Install libwebauth-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebauth-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwebauth-dev
libwebauth-dev is:
WebAuth is a cookie-based web authentication system built on top of Kerberos. It relies on a central authentication server that handles all user authentication for a domain and creates user authentication credentials for any web server that needs strong authentication.
This package contains the symlinks, headers, and static library needed to compile and link programs that use libwebauth.
There are three methods to install libwebauth-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 libwebauth-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 libwebauth-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebauth-dev
Install libwebauth-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebauth-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebauth-dev
Install libwebauth-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 libwebauth-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebauth-dev
How To Uninstall libwebauth-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwebauth-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebauth-dev
Uninstall libwebauth-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebauth-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebauth-dev
Remove libwebauth-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwebauth-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebauth-dev
Remove libwebauth-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebauth-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebauth-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebauth-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
