How to Install and Uninstall libwebsockets-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "libwebsockets-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libwebsockets-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libwebsockets-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libwebsockets-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libwebsockets-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libwebsockets-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libwebsockets-dev package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libwebsockets-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.0.20-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: libwebsockets
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1615
Depends: libwebsockets16 (= 4.0.20-2), libev-dev, libssl-dev, libuv1-dev, zlib1g-dev, libcap-dev
Filename: pool/universe/libw/libwebsockets/libwebsockets-dev_4.0.20-2_amd64.deb
Size: 425044
MD5sum: 7ffa4d2f395a05c66a7998cb50cb5103
SHA1: 8f5e5b6ea6a7fc603bbca961f61dde4296730514
SHA256: 6b393c9ac202939313ab7da3082023729b6405509a4f7d3767882f5df77b4863
SHA512: 8843aeede6a80f21319ad94687c96c76f49114f820a3549fd1520922f63ec3075c0cb4fa9735f005370dcdc3dd792e9610eb5a8118dbb2ec2fbb09a96c3a920a
Homepage: https://libwebsockets.org/
Description-en: lightweight C websockets library - development files
Libwebsockets is a lightweight pure C library for both websockets
clients and servers built to use minimal CPU and memory resources
and provide fast throughput in both directions.
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This package contains the header files needed for developing programs
using libwebsockets and a static library.
Description-md5: 80b560ff7d2e76f17977506ffe8da836