How to Install and Uninstall libwebsockets-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 25,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libwebsockets-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libwebsockets-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libwebsockets-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libwebsockets-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libwebsockets-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libwebsockets-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.0.20-2ubuntu1
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: 1610
Depends: libwebsockets16 (= 4.0.20-2ubuntu1), libev-dev, libssl-dev, libuv1-dev, zlib1g-dev, libcap-dev
Filename: pool/universe/libw/libwebsockets/libwebsockets-dev_4.0.20-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 447038
MD5sum: 8d9901dbae7afc9c6f1b500ace12c41d
SHA1: bec43ac63a2c49b4d9957f6d131fa5fad412da30
SHA256: 6c9429e66c62aaffb2927b2a7561ba1d822d7bbd4f00e4c1874f7a115103d015
SHA512: 15315be0fdf0ef8b8c693a7cc0b4cbc9b538a06dd4919bf81f3404c6c5df6008bf89e4726de05bb7e88be608611e8536a1a5b79b966937192cf8a5d228fc7b69
Homepage: https://libwebsockets.org/
Description: lightweight C websockets library - development files
Description-md5: 80b560ff7d2e76f17977506ffe8da836