How To Install libconfig9 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 libconfig9 on Ubuntu.
What is libconfig9
libconfig9 is:
This library features a fully reentrant parser and includes bindings for both the C and C++ programming languages. It runs on modern POSIX-compliant systems such as Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X (Darwin), as well as on Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and later (Visual Studio or MinGW).
This library allows parsing, manipulating and writing structured configuration files.
There are three methods to install libconfig9 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 libconfig9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libconfig9 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libconfig9
Install libconfig9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libconfig9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libconfig9
Install libconfig9 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 libconfig9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libconfig9
How To Uninstall libconfig9 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libconfig9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libconfig9
Uninstall libconfig9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libconfig9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libconfig9
Remove libconfig9 Configurations and Data
To remove libconfig9 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libconfig9
Remove libconfig9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libconfig9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libconfig9
Dependencies
libconfig9 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig9 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.