How To Install libapparmor-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapparmor-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libapparmor-dev
libapparmor-dev is:
libapparmor-dev provides the development libraries and header files needed to link against the AppArmor changehat and log parsing functions. Also includes the manpages for library functions.
Package: libapparmor-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.13.3-7ubuntu5 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: libdevel Source: apparmor Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian AppArmor Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 263 Depends: libapparmor1 (= 2.13.3-7ubuntu5) Filename: pool/main/a/apparmor/libapparmor-dev_2.13.3-7ubuntu5_amd64.deb Size: 73396 MD5sum: 5673d8e13ad9df5000cd5cc8704b1fe4 SHA1: 7076c0fc1d1166003a9f24250ce7cb87206c71aa SHA256: e204aabb4d0dc4b8e5af20f3f1962be04a76b658171a553941f6604e56c1ebeb Homepage: http://apparmor.net/ Description-en: AppArmor development libraries and header files libapparmor-dev provides the development libraries and header files needed to link against the AppArmor changehat and log parsing functions. Also includes the manpages for library functions.
There are three methods to install libapparmor-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 libapparmor-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 libapparmor-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libapparmor-dev
Install libapparmor-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libapparmor-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libapparmor-dev
Install libapparmor-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 libapparmor-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libapparmor-dev
How To Uninstall libapparmor-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libapparmor-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libapparmor-dev
Uninstall libapparmor-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libapparmor-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapparmor-dev
Remove libapparmor-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libapparmor-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libapparmor-dev
Remove libapparmor-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libapparmor-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapparmor-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapparmor-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
