Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libax25-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libax25-dev
libax25-dev is:
This library is used for applications that use the ax25 protocol.
Included are routines to do ax25 address parsing, common ax25
application config file parsing, etc. This development library
package includes some man pages and include files for compiling
applications which use libax25.
There are three methods to install libax25-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 libax25-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 libax25-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libax25-dev
Install libax25-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libax25-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libax25-dev
Install libax25-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 libax25-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libax25-dev
How To Uninstall libax25-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libax25-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libax25-dev
Uninstall libax25-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libax25-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libax25-dev
Remove libax25-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libax25-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libax25-dev
Remove libax25-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libax25-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libax25-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libax25-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
