How To Install libbytesize1 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbytesize1 on Ubuntu 22.04. libbytesize1 is library for common operations with sizes in bytes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbytesize1 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libbytesize1

libbytesize1 is:

Many projects need to work with sizes in bytes (be it sizes of storage space, memory,…) and all of them need to deal with the same issues like:

  • How to get a human-readable string for the given size?
  • How to store the given size so that no significant information is lost?
  • If we store the size in bytes, what if the given size gets over the MAXUINT64 value? How to interpret sizes entered by users according to their locale and typing conventions?
  • How to deal with the decimal/binary units (MB vs. MiB) ambiguity?

This library aims to be as much generally usable as possible, small, fast and be easily interfaced from other languages.

There are three methods to install libbytesize1 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 libbytesize1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libbytesize1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbytesize1

Install libbytesize1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbytesize1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbytesize1

Install libbytesize1 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 libbytesize1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbytesize1

How To Uninstall libbytesize1 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libbytesize1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbytesize1

Uninstall libbytesize1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbytesize1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbytesize1

Remove libbytesize1 Configurations and Data

To remove libbytesize1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbytesize1

Remove libbytesize1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbytesize1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbytesize1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbytesize1 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.