How To Install libwinpr-registry0.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwinpr-registry0.1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libwinpr-registry0.1 is Windows Portable Runtime library (registry library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwinpr-registry0.1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libwinpr-registry0.1

libwinpr-registry0.1 is:

WinPR is a spin-off project of FreeRDP which aims at providing a portable implementation of important portions of the Windows API. Just like FreeRDP, WinPR is released under the Apache license. Unlike Wine, WinPR does not provide binary compatibility, and does not require applications to be built for Windows. Instead, WinPR provides API compatibility for applications targeting non-Windows environments. When on Windows, the original native API is being used instead of the equivalent WinPR implementation, without having to modify the code using it.

This package contains the winpr-registry shared library.

There are three methods to install libwinpr-registry0.1 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 libwinpr-registry0.1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwinpr-registry0.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwinpr-registry0.1

Install libwinpr-registry0.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwinpr-registry0.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwinpr-registry0.1

Install libwinpr-registry0.1 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 libwinpr-registry0.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwinpr-registry0.1

How To Uninstall libwinpr-registry0.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libwinpr-registry0.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwinpr-registry0.1

Uninstall libwinpr-registry0.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwinpr-registry0.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwinpr-registry0.1

Remove libwinpr-registry0.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libwinpr-registry0.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwinpr-registry0.1

Remove libwinpr-registry0.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwinpr-registry0.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwinpr-registry0.1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwinpr-registry0.1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.