How to Install and Uninstall libwebsockets-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "libwebsockets-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libwebsockets-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libwebsockets-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libwebsockets-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 421
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Peter Pentchev
Architecture: amd64
Source: libwebsockets
Version: 1.7.1-1
Depends: libwebsockets7 (= 1.7.1-1), libev-dev, libssl-dev, libuv1-dev, zlib1g-dev
Filename: pool/universe/libw/libwebsockets/libwebsockets-dev_1.7.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 113164
MD5sum: c0d6c6a4c7daa360f4c8502df5732e40
SHA1: ca7971fa9ec1cfcb7352f9780c36e74eb14a7f26
SHA256: 949c4e5f86a7ea850ca4f4a190c4d3005c412213cbac7f81dbf80a9cbc02a814
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
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://libwebsockets.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu