How To Install libbobcat5 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 libbobcat5
on Ubuntu.
What is libbobcat5
libbobcat5 is:
The (shared) Bobcat library contains classes and templates used by, e.g., the Stealth and Bisonc++ programs.
The Bobcat library contains a variety of C++ classes and templates, some of them based on well-known Design Patterns. The library offers classes handling, e.g., Child Processes, Forks, Pipes and Redirection Command-to-Function associations Command-line arguments and history handling Command-line editing using streams Configuration Files Decryption and Encryption Extended String Operations Hash-tables Integers of unlimited size File-descriptor based streams (e.g. handle sockets using streams) Mail headers and mail filtering (milters) Message Digests Pattern matching Processes, Signals, Threads Shared Memory Single (Direct) Key Input Syslog- and other kinds of messages Temporary files Universal Type Conversions (Templates)
There are three methods to install libbobcat5
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 libbobcat5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libbobcat5
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbobcat5
Install libbobcat5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbobcat5
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbobcat5
Install libbobcat5 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 libbobcat5
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbobcat5
How To Uninstall libbobcat5 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libbobcat5
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbobcat5
Uninstall libbobcat5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbobcat5
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbobcat5
Remove libbobcat5 Configurations and Data
To remove libbobcat5
configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbobcat5
Remove libbobcat5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbobcat5
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbobcat5
Dependencies
libbobcat5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbobcat5
package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.