How To Install libnop-dev 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 libnop-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libnop-dev
libnop-dev is:
libnop is a header-only library for serializing and deserializing C++ data types without external code generators or runtime support libraries. The only mandatory requirement is a compiler that supports the C++14 standard.
libnop has the following goals:
- Make simple serialization tasks easy and complex tasks tractable.
- Remove the need to use code generators and schema files to describe data types, formats, and protocols: perform these tasks naturally within the C++ language.
- Avoid additional runtime support requirements for serialization.
- Provide contemporary features such as bidirectional binary compatibility, data validation, type safety, and type fungibility.
- Handle intrinsic types, common STL types and containers, and user-defined types with a minimum of effort.
- Produce optimized code that is easy to analyze and profile.
- Avoid internal dynamic memory allocation when possible.
There are three methods to install libnop-dev 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 libnop-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnop-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnop-dev
Install libnop-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnop-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnop-dev
Install libnop-dev 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 libnop-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnop-dev
How To Uninstall libnop-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libnop-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnop-dev
Uninstall libnop-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnop-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnop-dev
Remove libnop-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnop-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnop-dev
Remove libnop-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnop-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnop-dev
Dependencies
libnop-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnop-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.