How To Install libnetconf2-2 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 libnetconf2-2 on Ubuntu.
What is libnetconf2-2
libnetconf2-2 is:
NETCONF library in C intended for building NETCONF clients and servers. NETCONF is the NETwork CONFiguration protocol introduced by IETF.
libnetconf2 is a NETCONF library in C handling NETCONF authentication and all NETCONF RPC communication both server and client-side. Note that NETCONF datastore implementation is not a part of this library. The library supports both NETCONF 1.0 (RFC 4741) as well as NETCONF 1.1 (RFC 6241). The main features include:
- NETCONF over SSH (RFC 4742, RFC 6242), using libssh.
- NETCONF over TLS (RFC 7589), using OpenSSL.
- DNSSEC SSH Key Fingerprints (RFC 4255)
- NETCONF over pre-established transport sessions (using this mechanism the communication can be tunneled through sshd(8), for instance).
- NETCONF Call Home (RFC 8071).
- NETCONF Event Notifications (RFC 5277),
This package contains the shared C library.
There are three methods to install libnetconf2-2 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 libnetconf2-2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnetconf2-2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnetconf2-2
Install libnetconf2-2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnetconf2-2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnetconf2-2
Install libnetconf2-2 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 libnetconf2-2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnetconf2-2
How To Uninstall libnetconf2-2 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libnetconf2-2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnetconf2-2
Uninstall libnetconf2-2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnetconf2-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetconf2-2
Remove libnetconf2-2 Configurations and Data
To remove libnetconf2-2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnetconf2-2
Remove libnetconf2-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnetconf2-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnetconf2-2
Dependencies
libnetconf2-2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetconf2-2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.