How To Install libcbor0.8 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 libcbor0.8 on Ubuntu.
What is libcbor0.8
libcbor0.8 is:
CBOR is a general-purpose schema-less binary data format, defined in RFC 7049. This package provides a C library for parsing and generating CBOR. The main features are:
- Complete RFC conformance
- Robust C99 implementation
- Layered architecture offers both control and convenience
- Flexible memory management
- No shared global state - threading friendly
- Proper handling of UTF-8
- Full support for streams & incremental processing
- Extensive documentation and test suite
- No runtime dependencies, small footprint
This package contains the runtime library.
There are three methods to install libcbor0.8 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 libcbor0.8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcbor0.8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcbor0.8
Install libcbor0.8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcbor0.8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcbor0.8
Install libcbor0.8 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 libcbor0.8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcbor0.8
How To Uninstall libcbor0.8 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libcbor0.8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcbor0.8
Uninstall libcbor0.8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcbor0.8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcbor0.8
Remove libcbor0.8 Configurations and Data
To remove libcbor0.8 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcbor0.8
Remove libcbor0.8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcbor0.8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcbor0.8
Dependencies
libcbor0.8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbor0.8 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.