How To Install libdbus-1-3 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbus-1-3 on Ubuntu 20.04. libdbus-1-3 is simple interprocess messaging system (library) simple interprocess messaging system (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbus-1-3 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libdbus-1-3

libdbus-1-3 is:

D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms of complexity.

D-Bus supports broadcast messages, asynchronous messages (thus decreasing latency), authentication, and more. It is designed to be low-overhead; messages are sent using a binary protocol, not using XML. D-Bus also supports a method call mapping for its messages, but it is not required; this makes using the system quite simple.

It comes with several bindings, including GLib, Python, Qt and Java.

The daemon can be found in the dbus package. Task: minimal

Package: libdbus-1-3 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.12.16-2ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: important Section: libs Source: dbus Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 465 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libsystemd0 Recommends: dbus Breaks: dbus (« 1.9.16-1~) Filename: pool/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-3_1.12.16-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 179168 MD5sum: 9bad3927f63d224c48038e20c9121d42 SHA1: 126b1a51a93a25f0fc1c9fd017996174b3337323 SHA256: d86196b99290fe600c0a8a87db867d59fda1f5da402a8b64d4d8f61f94e960a7 Homepage: http://dbus.freedesktop.org/ Description-en: simple interprocess messaging system (library) D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms of complexity.

D-Bus supports broadcast messages, asynchronous messages (thus decreasing latency), authentication, and more. It is designed to be low-overhead; messages are sent using a binary protocol, not using XML. D-Bus also supports a method call mapping for its messages, but it is not required; this makes using the system quite simple.

It comes with several bindings, including GLib, Python, Qt and Java.

The daemon can be found in the dbus package. Task: minimal

There are three methods to install libdbus-1-3 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 libdbus-1-3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdbus-1-3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdbus-1-3

Install libdbus-1-3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdbus-1-3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdbus-1-3

Install libdbus-1-3 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 libdbus-1-3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdbus-1-3

How To Uninstall libdbus-1-3 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libdbus-1-3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdbus-1-3

Uninstall libdbus-1-3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdbus-1-3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdbus-1-3

Remove libdbus-1-3 Configurations and Data

To remove libdbus-1-3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdbus-1-3

Remove libdbus-1-3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdbus-1-3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdbus-1-3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbus-1-3 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.