How To Install libdewalls-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdewalls-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdewalls-dev
libdewalls-dev is:
The WALLS cave survey package stores its data in .srv files. dewalls is a parsing library for this file format. It is implemented in C++ and intended to be used by other cave survey software.
This package contains development files.
There are three methods to install libdewalls-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 libdewalls-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 libdewalls-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdewalls-dev
Install libdewalls-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdewalls-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdewalls-dev
Install libdewalls-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 libdewalls-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdewalls-dev
How To Uninstall libdewalls-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdewalls-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdewalls-dev
Uninstall libdewalls-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdewalls-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdewalls-dev
Remove libdewalls-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdewalls-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdewalls-dev
Remove libdewalls-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdewalls-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdewalls-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdewalls-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
