How To Install liblo-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblo-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is liblo-dev
liblo-dev is:
LibLO is a lightweight, easy to use implementation of the OSC (Open Sound Control) protocol (see http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/OpenSoundControl/ for details).
Open Sound Control (OSC) is a protocol for communication among computers, sound synthesizers, and other multimedia devices that is optimized for modern networking technology. OSC features:
- Open-ended, dynamic, URL-style symbolic naming scheme
- Symbolic and high-resolution numeric argument data
- Pattern matching language to specify multiple recipients of a single message
- High resolution time tags
- “Bundles” of messages whose effects must occur simultaneously
- Query system to dynamically find out the capabilities of an OSC server and get documentation
This package contains headers, documentation and static libraries.
There are three methods to install liblo-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 liblo-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 liblo-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblo-dev
Install liblo-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblo-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblo-dev
Install liblo-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 liblo-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblo-dev
How To Uninstall liblo-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the liblo-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblo-dev
Uninstall liblo-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblo-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblo-dev
Remove liblo-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblo-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblo-dev
Remove liblo-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblo-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblo-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblo-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
