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