How To Install libsmi2ldbl 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 libsmi2ldbl on Ubuntu.
What is libsmi2ldbl
libsmi2ldbl is:
The purpose of libsmi is to
- give network management applications a concise programmer-friendly interface to access MIB module information,
- separate the knowledge on SMI from the main parts of management applications,
- allow one to add new kinds of MIB repositories without the need to adapt applications that make use of libsmi.
In this context, MIB is “Management Information Base” and SMI stands for “Structure and identification of Management Information”. See RFC1902 and others for details.
This package contains the main libsmi library.
There are three methods to install libsmi2ldbl 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 libsmi2ldbl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsmi2ldbl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsmi2ldbl
Install libsmi2ldbl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsmi2ldbl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsmi2ldbl
Install libsmi2ldbl 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 libsmi2ldbl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsmi2ldbl
How To Uninstall libsmi2ldbl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libsmi2ldbl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsmi2ldbl
Uninstall libsmi2ldbl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsmi2ldbl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsmi2ldbl
Remove libsmi2ldbl Configurations and Data
To remove libsmi2ldbl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsmi2ldbl
Remove libsmi2ldbl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsmi2ldbl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsmi2ldbl
Dependencies
libsmi2ldbl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmi2ldbl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.