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How To Install libgusb2 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 libgusb2 on Ubuntu.

What is libgusb2

libgusb2 is:

GUsb is a GObject wrapper for libusb1 that makes it easy to do asynchronous control, bulk and interrupt transfers with proper cancellation and integration into a mainloop.

This package contains the GUsb shared library.

There are three methods to install libgusb2 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 libgusb2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgusb2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgusb2

Install libgusb2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgusb2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgusb2

Install libgusb2 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 libgusb2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgusb2

How To Uninstall libgusb2 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libgusb2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgusb2

Uninstall libgusb2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgusb2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgusb2

Remove libgusb2 Configurations and Data

To remove libgusb2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgusb2

Remove libgusb2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgusb2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgusb2

Dependencies

libgusb2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgusb2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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