How To Install libwlocate0 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 libwlocate0 on Ubuntu.
What is libwlocate0
libwlocate0 is:
This library accesses the local WLAN-hardware, checks for WLAN-networks that are available, accesses the database and returns the current geographic position or an error code in case localisation failed
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libwlocate0 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 libwlocate0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwlocate0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwlocate0
Install libwlocate0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwlocate0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwlocate0
Install libwlocate0 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 libwlocate0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwlocate0
How To Uninstall libwlocate0 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libwlocate0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwlocate0
Uninstall libwlocate0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwlocate0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwlocate0
Remove libwlocate0 Configurations and Data
To remove libwlocate0 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwlocate0
Remove libwlocate0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwlocate0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwlocate0
Dependencies
libwlocate0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwlocate0 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.