How To Install libwutil5 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 libwutil5 on Ubuntu.
What is libwutil5
libwutil5 is:
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This package contains the libWUtils runtime library.
There are three methods to install libwutil5 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 libwutil5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwutil5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwutil5
Install libwutil5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwutil5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwutil5
Install libwutil5 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 libwutil5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwutil5
How To Uninstall libwutil5 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libwutil5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwutil5
Uninstall libwutil5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwutil5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwutil5
Remove libwutil5 Configurations and Data
To remove libwutil5 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwutil5
Remove libwutil5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwutil5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwutil5
Dependencies
libwutil5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwutil5 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.