How To Install libwebsockets-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwebsockets-dev
libwebsockets-dev is:
Libwebsockets is a lightweight pure C library for both websockets clients and servers built to use minimal CPU and memory resources and provide fast throughput in both directions.
This package contains the header files needed for developing programs using libwebsockets and a static library.
There are three methods to install libwebsockets-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 libwebsockets-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 libwebsockets-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebsockets-dev
Install libwebsockets-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebsockets-dev
Install libwebsockets-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 libwebsockets-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebsockets-dev
How To Uninstall libwebsockets-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwebsockets-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebsockets-dev
Uninstall libwebsockets-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebsockets-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebsockets-dev
Remove libwebsockets-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwebsockets-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebsockets-dev
Remove libwebsockets-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebsockets-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebsockets-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
