How To Install libytnef0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libytnef0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libytnef0-dev
libytnef0-dev is:
Yerase’s TNEF Stream Reader allows you to decode application/ms-tnef e-mail attachments, which are usually entitled “winmail.dat” and are generally a file container format that is only readable by Microsoft Outlook. Some TNEF streams also include RTF-formatted data.
libytnef0 is the support library that exposes these functions to other programs. The ytnef program is the frontend for this library, so you should probably install that (included in ytnef-tools) if you want to take advantage of it.
These are the development headers for libytnef0.
There are three methods to install libytnef0-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 libytnef0-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 libytnef0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libytnef0-dev
Install libytnef0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libytnef0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libytnef0-dev
Install libytnef0-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 libytnef0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libytnef0-dev
How To Uninstall libytnef0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libytnef0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libytnef0-dev
Uninstall libytnef0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libytnef0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libytnef0-dev
Remove libytnef0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libytnef0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libytnef0-dev
Remove libytnef0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libytnef0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libytnef0-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libytnef0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
