How To Install libapt-pkg-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapt-pkg-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libapt-pkg-dev
libapt-pkg-dev is:
This package contains the header files and libraries for developing with APT’s libapt-pkg Debian package manipulation library and the libapt-inst deb/tar/ar library.
Package: libapt-pkg-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.0.2ubuntu0.2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: apt Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 628 Depends: libapt-pkg (= 2.0.2ubuntu0.2), zlib1g-dev Filename: pool/main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-dev_2.0.2ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb Size: 97892 MD5sum: 80e0eed63d3b35161298b9481d7f55fd SHA1: e7f0c373d5585c261790e18f59b547f54437dbe1 SHA256: f0bd9d61a80e446ef2637895fa6c038764995153c95837d2befd9ebb8bc59ee5 SHA512: 31a3f6f5b0240468ba048865301a34918bc5da4e7da2a6b562e387e8e195b568ebb617e9f63702de976d1a63f06f5145259357d048063edb996ed99265151a43 Description-en: development files for APT’s libapt-pkg and libapt-inst This package contains the header files and libraries for developing with APT’s libapt-pkg Debian package manipulation library and the libapt-inst deb/tar/ar library.
Package: libapt-pkg-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.0.2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: apt Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 627 Depends: libapt-pkg (= 2.0.2), zlib1g-dev Filename: pool/main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-dev_2.0.2_amd64.deb Size: 98468 MD5sum: 81aa6f2148d789b2d776410258600be8 SHA1: 5c7aeb889d1dd539ec1ebc6cf23a58285d9ca0b5 SHA256: d2573d7225c0a34c198f6687204bf927d2b075af74ae7667bffd5130f908af42 Description-en: development files for APT’s libapt-pkg and libapt-inst This package contains the header files and libraries for developing with APT’s libapt-pkg Debian package manipulation library and the libapt-inst deb/tar/ar library.
There are three methods to install libapt-pkg-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 libapt-pkg-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 libapt-pkg-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libapt-pkg-dev
Install libapt-pkg-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libapt-pkg-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libapt-pkg-dev
Install libapt-pkg-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 libapt-pkg-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libapt-pkg-dev
How To Uninstall libapt-pkg-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libapt-pkg-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libapt-pkg-dev
Uninstall libapt-pkg-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libapt-pkg-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapt-pkg-dev
Remove libapt-pkg-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libapt-pkg-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libapt-pkg-dev
Remove libapt-pkg-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libapt-pkg-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapt-pkg-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapt-pkg-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.