How To Install libavro23 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavro23 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libavro23
libavro23 is:
Apache Avro is a data serialization system. Avro provides rich data structures; a binary data format; and a container file format, to store Avro-encoded data persistently.
This package provides the “avro-c” implementation of Apache Avro in C. The C implementation supports:
- binary encoding/decoding of all primitive and complex data types
- storage to an Avro Object Container File
- schema resolution, promotion and projection
- validating and non-validating mode for writing Avro data
The C implementation of Avro lacks RPC support.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libavro23 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 libavro23 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libavro23 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavro23
Install libavro23 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavro23 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavro23
Install libavro23 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 libavro23 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavro23
How To Uninstall libavro23 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libavro23 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavro23
Uninstall libavro23 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavro23 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavro23
Remove libavro23 Configurations and Data
To remove libavro23 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavro23
Remove libavro23 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavro23 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavro23
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavro23 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
