How To Install libavcall1 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcall1 on Ubuntu 22.04. libavcall1 is foreign function call libraries - calling C functions with variable arguments

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcall1 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libavcall1

libavcall1 is:

ffcall is a collection of libraries which can be used to build foreign function call interfaces in embedded interpreters.

This package installs a shared library version of the avcall library, which can be used for calling C functions with variable arguments.

The use of this shared library is deprecated. The main libffcall library, which embeds avcall, should be preferred.

There are three methods to install libavcall1 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libavcall1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavcall1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavcall1

Install libavcall1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavcall1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavcall1

Install libavcall1 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 libavcall1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavcall1

How To Uninstall libavcall1 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libavcall1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavcall1

Uninstall libavcall1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavcall1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavcall1

Remove libavcall1 Configurations and Data

To remove libavcall1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavcall1

Remove libavcall1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavcall1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavcall1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcall1 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.