How To Install libcdb-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdb-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libcdb-dev
libcdb-dev is:
tinycdb is a small, fast and reliable utility and subroutine library for creating and reading constant databases. The database structure is tuned for fast reading.
This package provides development files needed to build programs using cdb library.
There are three methods to install libcdb-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 libcdb-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 libcdb-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcdb-dev
Install libcdb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcdb-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcdb-dev
Install libcdb-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 libcdb-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcdb-dev
How To Uninstall libcdb-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libcdb-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcdb-dev
Uninstall libcdb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcdb-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcdb-dev
Remove libcdb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcdb-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcdb-dev
Remove libcdb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcdb-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcdb-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdb-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
