How To Install libmsi0 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 libmsi0 on Ubuntu.
What is libmsi0
libmsi0 is:
libmsi provides functions to manipulate Windows Installer (.msi) files, both for reading and writing their contents and querying their databases.
This package contains the runtime library.
There are three methods to install libmsi0 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 libmsi0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmsi0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmsi0
Install libmsi0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmsi0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmsi0
Install libmsi0 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 libmsi0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmsi0
How To Uninstall libmsi0 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libmsi0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmsi0
Uninstall libmsi0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmsi0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmsi0
Remove libmsi0 Configurations and Data
To remove libmsi0 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmsi0
Remove libmsi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmsi0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmsi0
Dependencies
libmsi0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsi0 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.