How To Install libmicrohttpd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmicrohttpd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libmicrohttpd-dev
libmicrohttpd-dev is:
GNU libmicrohttpd is a small C library that is supposed to make it easy to run an HTTP server as part of another application. Key features that distinguish GNU Libmicrohttpd from other projects are:
- C library: fast and small
- API is simple, expressive and fully reentrant
- Implementation is HTTP 1.1 compliant
- HTTP server can listen on multiple ports
- Four different threading models (select, poll, pthread, thread pool)
- Support for IPv6
- Support for SHOUTcast
- Support for incremental processing of POST data (optional)
- Support for basic and digest authentication (optional)
- Support for SSL3 and TLS
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libmicrohttpd-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 libmicrohttpd-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 libmicrohttpd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmicrohttpd-dev
Install libmicrohttpd-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmicrohttpd-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmicrohttpd-dev
Install libmicrohttpd-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 libmicrohttpd-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmicrohttpd-dev
How To Uninstall libmicrohttpd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libmicrohttpd-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmicrohttpd-dev
Uninstall libmicrohttpd-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmicrohttpd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmicrohttpd-dev
Remove libmicrohttpd-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmicrohttpd-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmicrohttpd-dev
Remove libmicrohttpd-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmicrohttpd-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmicrohttpd-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmicrohttpd-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
