How To Install libuv1 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 libuv1 on Ubuntu.
What is libuv1
libuv1 is:
Libuv is the asynchronous library behind Node.js. Very similar to libevent or libev, it provides the main elements for event driven systems: watching and waiting for availability in a set of sockets, and some other events like timers or asynchronous messages. However, libuv also comes with some other extras like:
- files watchers and asynchronous operations
- a portable TCP and UDP API, as well as asynchronous DNS resolution
- processes and threads management, and a portable inter-process communications mechanism, with pipes and work queues
- a plugins mechanism for loading libraries dynamically
- interface with external libraries that also need to access the I/O.
This package includes the dynamic library against which you can link your program.
There are three methods to install libuv1 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 libuv1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libuv1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libuv1
Install libuv1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libuv1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libuv1
Install libuv1 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 libuv1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libuv1
How To Uninstall libuv1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libuv1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libuv1
Uninstall libuv1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libuv1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libuv1
Remove libuv1 Configurations and Data
To remove libuv1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libuv1
Remove libuv1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libuv1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libuv1
Dependencies
libuv1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuv1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.