How To Install vxi-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vxi-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is vxi-dev
vxi-dev is:
The VXI-11 protocol is used for communication with test and measurement equipment. It provides a “virtual” representation of the command, event and abort channels specified in the LXI protocol.
This package contains the headers and static libraries.
There are three methods to install vxi-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vxi-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 vxi-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vxi-dev
Install vxi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vxi-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vxi-dev
Install vxi-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 vxi-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vxi-dev
How To Uninstall vxi-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the vxi-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vxi-dev
Uninstall vxi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vxi-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vxi-dev
Remove vxi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove vxi-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vxi-dev
Remove vxi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vxi-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vxi-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vxi-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.