How To Install libflatpak-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libflatpak-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libflatpak-dev
libflatpak-dev is:
Flatpak installs, manages and runs sandboxed desktop application bundles. See the flatpak package for a more comprehensive description.
This package contains development headers and pkg-config metadata for libflatpak0.
Package: libflatpak-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.6.3-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/libdevel Source: flatpak Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 543 Depends: gir1.2-flatpak-1.0 (= 1.6.3-1), libflatpak0 (= 1.6.3-1), libglib2.0-dev, libostree-dev (>= 2019.2), libxml2-dev (>= 2.4), pkg-config Filename: pool/universe/f/flatpak/libflatpak-dev_1.6.3-1_amd64.deb Size: 43316 MD5sum: 7ee535b68fbe494dcdc29343497adfce SHA1: 05416a47fed7a0e49e2b28f288ceb9b798c40a87 SHA256: dd46d97628d18f00bf7c3cb06248222d0dbc610e1f18a303644605c1cac09022 Homepage: https://flatpak.org/ Description-en: Application deployment framework for desktop apps (development) Flatpak installs, manages and runs sandboxed desktop application bundles. See the flatpak package for a more comprehensive description.
This package contains development headers and pkg-config metadata for libflatpak0.
There are three methods to install libflatpak-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 libflatpak-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 libflatpak-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libflatpak-dev
Install libflatpak-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libflatpak-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libflatpak-dev
Install libflatpak-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 libflatpak-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libflatpak-dev
How To Uninstall libflatpak-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libflatpak-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libflatpak-dev
Uninstall libflatpak-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libflatpak-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libflatpak-dev
Remove libflatpak-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libflatpak-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libflatpak-dev
Remove libflatpak-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libflatpak-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libflatpak-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libflatpak-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.