How To Install libwsman-client4 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsman-client4 on Ubuntu 18.04. libwsman-client4 is Open Web Services Manager run-time libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsman-client4 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libwsman-client4

libwsman-client4 is:

Openwsman is a project intended to provide an open-source implementation of the Web Services Management specification (WS-Management) and to expose system management information on the Linux operating system using the WS-Management protocol. WS-Management is based on a suite of web services specifications and usage requirements that exposes a set of operations focused on and covers all system management aspects.

This package provides the client run-time libraries.

There are three methods to install libwsman-client4 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 libwsman-client4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwsman-client4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwsman-client4

Install libwsman-client4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwsman-client4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwsman-client4

Install libwsman-client4 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 libwsman-client4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwsman-client4

How To Uninstall libwsman-client4 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libwsman-client4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwsman-client4

Uninstall libwsman-client4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwsman-client4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwsman-client4

Remove libwsman-client4 Configurations and Data

To remove libwsman-client4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwsman-client4

Remove libwsman-client4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwsman-client4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwsman-client4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsman-client4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.