Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-common-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libavahi-common-dev
libavahi-common-dev is:
Avahi is a fully LGPL framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery.
It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts
running on a local network with no specific configuration. For
example you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to
print to, files to look at and people to talk to.
This package contains the development headers for the Avahi common
library, which is a set of common functions and definitions used by many
of Avahis components and client applications.
Package: libavahi-common-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.7-4ubuntu7
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: avahi
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 216
Depends: libavahi-common3 (= 0.7-4ubuntu7)
Filename: pool/main/a/avahi/libavahi-common-dev_0.7-4ubuntu7_amd64.deb
Size: 36948
MD5sum: 2bf8ec9f9fd5f2e2e43becd873c9a993
SHA1: f2c05fcdea5263ddf82d4a5c2eece7f7e026bbd3
SHA256: d3334f2a0f2fadd87df41aa3d88ed5af15b71726a8b856086aefce9fdfe1fd96
Homepage: http://avahi.org/
Description-en: Development files for the Avahi common library
Avahi is a fully LGPL framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery.
It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts
running on a local network with no specific configuration. For
example you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to
print to, files to look at and people to talk to.
This package contains the development headers for the Avahi common
library, which is a set of common functions and definitions used by many
of Avahis components and client applications.
There are three methods to install libavahi-common-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libavahi-common-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 libavahi-common-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavahi-common-dev
Install libavahi-common-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavahi-common-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavahi-common-dev
Install libavahi-common-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 libavahi-common-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavahi-common-dev
How To Uninstall libavahi-common-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libavahi-common-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavahi-common-dev
Uninstall libavahi-common-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavahi-common-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavahi-common-dev
Remove libavahi-common-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libavahi-common-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavahi-common-dev
Remove libavahi-common-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavahi-common-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavahi-common-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-common-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
