How To Install libsoup2.4-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 libsoup2.4-dev on Ubuntu.

What is `libsoup2.4-dev`

libsoup2.4-dev is:

It was originally part of a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation called Soup, but the SOAP and non-SOAP parts have now been split into separate packages.

libsoup uses the Glib main loop and is designed to work well with GTK+ applications. This enables GNOME applications to access HTTP servers on the network in a completely asynchronous fashion, very similar to the GTK+ programming model (a synchronous operation mode is also supported for those who want it).

Features:

Both asynchronous (GMainLoop and callback-based) and synchronous APIs
Automatically caches connections
SSL Support using GnuTLS
Proxy support, including authentication and SSL tunneling
Client support for Digest, NTLM, and Basic authentication
Server support for Digest and Basic authentication
Basic client-side SOAP and XML-RPC support

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libsoup2.4-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 libsoup2.4-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 libsoup2.4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsoup2.4-dev

Install libsoup2.4-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsoup2.4-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsoup2.4-dev

Install libsoup2.4-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 libsoup2.4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsoup2.4-dev

How To Uninstall libsoup2.4-dev on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libsoup2.4-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsoup2.4-dev

Uninstall libsoup2.4-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsoup2.4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsoup2.4-dev

Remove libsoup2.4-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libsoup2.4-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsoup2.4-dev

Remove libsoup2.4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsoup2.4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsoup2.4-dev

Dependencies

libsoup2.4-dev have the following dependencies:

References

libsoup2.4-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoup2.4-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.