How To Install avahi-discover on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-discover on Ubuntu.
What is avahi-discover
avahi-discover is:
Avahi is a fully LGPL framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery. It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to print to, files to look at and people to talk to.
This package contains a user interface for discovering services.
There are three methods to install avahi-discover on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install avahi-discover Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install avahi-discover using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install avahi-discover
Install avahi-discover Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install avahi-discover using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install avahi-discover
Install avahi-discover 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 avahi-discover using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install avahi-discover
How To Uninstall avahi-discover on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the avahi-discover package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove avahi-discover
Uninstall avahi-discover And Its Dependencies
To uninstall avahi-discover and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove avahi-discover
Remove avahi-discover Configurations and Data
To remove avahi-discover configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge avahi-discover
Remove avahi-discover configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove avahi-discover configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge avahi-discover
Dependencies
avahi-discover have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-discover package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.