How To Install omniidl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install omniidl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is omniidl
omniidl is:
omniORB4 is a freely available Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) 2.6 compliant object request broker (ORB) implementation. It is based on the IIOP communications protocol and should be interoperable with any other CORBA 2.6 compliant ORB.
This includes the idl compiler.
There are three methods to install omniidl 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 omniidl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install omniidl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install omniidl
Install omniidl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install omniidl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install omniidl
Install omniidl 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 omniidl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install omniidl
How To Uninstall omniidl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the omniidl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove omniidl
Uninstall omniidl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall omniidl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove omniidl
Remove omniidl Configurations and Data
To remove omniidl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge omniidl
Remove omniidl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove omniidl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge omniidl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install omniidl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.