How To Install skalibs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install skalibs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is skalibs-dev
skalibs-dev is:
skalibs is a set of general-purpose, low-level C libraries, all in the public domain. It can replace or hide the standard C library to some extent, and is designed to allow building of small, static binaries.
There are three methods to install skalibs-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 skalibs-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 skalibs-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install skalibs-dev
Install skalibs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install skalibs-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install skalibs-dev
Install skalibs-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 skalibs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install skalibs-dev
How To Uninstall skalibs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the skalibs-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove skalibs-dev
Uninstall skalibs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall skalibs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove skalibs-dev
Remove skalibs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove skalibs-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge skalibs-dev
Remove skalibs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove skalibs-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skalibs-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install skalibs-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
