How To Install libcereal-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcereal-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcereal-dev
libcereal-dev is:
cereal is a header-only C++11 serialization library. cereal takes arbitrary data types and reversibly turns them into different representations, such as compact binary encodings, XML, or JSON. cereal was designed to be fast, light-weight, and easy to extend - it has no external dependencies and can be easily bundled with other code or used standalone.
There are three methods to install libcereal-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcereal-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 libcereal-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcereal-dev
Install libcereal-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcereal-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcereal-dev
Install libcereal-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 libcereal-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcereal-dev
How To Uninstall libcereal-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcereal-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcereal-dev
Uninstall libcereal-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcereal-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcereal-dev
Remove libcereal-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcereal-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcereal-dev
Remove libcereal-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcereal-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcereal-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcereal-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
