How To Install libieee1284-3 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 libieee1284-3 on Ubuntu.
What is libieee1284-3
libieee1284-3 is:
This library was designed to ease the use of the parallel port. It will automatically figure out which access method is available, depending on the running kernel and the permissions of the process.
It handles particular queries to the devices, like fetching the Device ID of a device.
There are three methods to install libieee1284-3 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 libieee1284-3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libieee1284-3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libieee1284-3
Install libieee1284-3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libieee1284-3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libieee1284-3
Install libieee1284-3 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 libieee1284-3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libieee1284-3
How To Uninstall libieee1284-3 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libieee1284-3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libieee1284-3
Uninstall libieee1284-3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libieee1284-3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libieee1284-3
Remove libieee1284-3 Configurations and Data
To remove libieee1284-3 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libieee1284-3
Remove libieee1284-3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libieee1284-3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libieee1284-3
Dependencies
libieee1284-3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libieee1284-3 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.