How to Install and Uninstall libsocketcan-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: March 28,2024

1. Install "libsocketcan-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libsocketcan-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libsocketcan-dev

2. Uninstall "libsocketcan-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libsocketcan-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):

$ sudo apt remove libsocketcan-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libsocketcan-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libsocketcan-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0.10+git20140721-6
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: libsocketcan
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alexander GQ Gerasiov
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 34
Depends: libsocketcan2 (= 0.0.10+git20140721-6)
Filename: pool/universe/libs/libsocketcan/libsocketcan-dev_0.0.10+git20140721-6_amd64.deb
Size: 7768
MD5sum: a8e1dcbf04ef7d2bdfe4400aec2fd192
SHA1: d339e9f2f2e6f50d3394fb25a19a7bbca211e00f
SHA256: a698ebd798f41d4da89f80ef5bb8c6f4400a530078b3541367c65a89f66caa31
Homepage: http://git.pengutronix.de/?p=tools/libsocketcan.git
Description: library to control some basic functions in SocketCAN from userspace
Description-md5: 5cb14bc4f5877e7d0dfac1e9e56b58b5