How To Install libcaribou-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcaribou-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libcaribou-dev
libcaribou-dev is:
An input assistive technology intended for switch and pointer users.
This package contains the development files for libcaribou library.
Package: libcaribou-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.4.21-7 Priority: optional Section: universe/libdevel Source: caribou Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 142 Depends: libcaribou0 (= 0.4.21-7), gir1.2-caribou-1.0 (= 0.4.21-7), libgee-0.8-dev, libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.27.5), libgtk-3-dev, libx11-dev, libxklavier-dev, libxml2-dev, libxtst-dev Filename: pool/universe/c/caribou/libcaribou-dev_0.4.21-7_amd64.deb Size: 11380 MD5sum: cc847045655b706629fd6d15925aae1a SHA1: 015654b130e596e01ffa5a1d680e7d9e09d53bd9 SHA256: 75db3e258ba234c36989cab4df6f68f5003810f4a0520bcf706a7dd2537a604b Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Caribou Description-en: Configurable on screen keyboard - library (development) An input assistive technology intended for switch and pointer users.
This package contains the development files for libcaribou library.
There are three methods to install libcaribou-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 libcaribou-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 libcaribou-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcaribou-dev
Install libcaribou-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcaribou-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcaribou-dev
Install libcaribou-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 libcaribou-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcaribou-dev
How To Uninstall libcaribou-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libcaribou-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcaribou-dev
Uninstall libcaribou-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcaribou-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcaribou-dev
Remove libcaribou-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcaribou-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcaribou-dev
Remove libcaribou-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcaribou-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcaribou-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcaribou-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
