How To Install libdxflib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdxflib-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdxflib-dev
libdxflib-dev is:
dxflib is a C++ library for reading and writing DXF files. When reading DXF files, dxflib parses the file and calls functions that you define in your own C++ class for adding entities, layers, etc.
This package contains the development files (headers and documentation) for libdxflib.
There are three methods to install libdxflib-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 libdxflib-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 libdxflib-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdxflib-dev
Install libdxflib-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdxflib-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdxflib-dev
Install libdxflib-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 libdxflib-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdxflib-dev
How To Uninstall libdxflib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdxflib-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdxflib-dev
Uninstall libdxflib-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdxflib-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdxflib-dev
Remove libdxflib-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdxflib-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdxflib-dev
Remove libdxflib-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdxflib-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdxflib-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdxflib-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.