How To Install libglib2.0-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglib2.0-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libglib2.0-dev
libglib2.0-dev is:
GLib is a library containing many useful C routines for things such as trees, hashes, lists, and strings. It is a useful general-purpose C library used by projects such as GTK+, GIMP, and GNOME.
This package is needed to compile programs against libglib2.0-0, as only it includes the header files and static libraries (optionally) needed for compiling.
GObject-Introspection metadata for this library can be found in the libgirepository1.0-dev package.
Package: libglib2.0-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.3 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: glib2.0 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 9842 Depends: libffi-dev (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (= 2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.3), libglib2.0-bin (= 2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.3), libglib2.0-dev-bin (= 2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.3), libmount-dev (>= 2.28), libpcre3-dev (>= 1:8.31), libselinux1-dev, pkg-config, zlib1g-dev Suggests: libgirepository1.0-dev (>= 1.62), libglib2.0-doc Breaks: libglib2.0-0-dbg (« 2.51.4-1~) Replaces: libglib2.0-0-dbg (« 2.51.4-1~) Filename: pool/main/g/glib2.0/libglib2.0-dev_2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.3_amd64.deb Size: 1504716 MD5sum: ef1dfadcd487bc46735fba92ce325502 SHA1: ed207dbcb423c3fd05468fd1437fb78ca41804aa SHA256: 1964ca9f91f35e09cbe1d10d52b688b2ef3097c465bf0a04dd382870479789ae SHA512: 2c6510f1726861c7f5a53349caa78e91c0801ed88f1330c5ae41c01e45f85146f57a70d6441a5967fbded6a9e6cf3bf5ddf098ba6623bb85879e8861a583dd7e Homepage: http://www.gtk.org/ Description-en: Development files for the GLib library GLib is a library containing many useful C routines for things such as trees, hashes, lists, and strings. It is a useful general-purpose C library used by projects such as GTK+, GIMP, and GNOME.
This package is needed to compile programs against libglib2.0-0, as only it includes the header files and static libraries (optionally) needed for compiling.
GObject-Introspection metadata for this library can be found in the libgirepository1.0-dev package.
Package: libglib2.0-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.64.2-1~fakesync1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: glib2.0 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 9839 Depends: libffi-dev (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (= 2.64.2-1~fakesync1), libglib2.0-bin (= 2.64.2-1~fakesync1), libglib2.0-dev-bin (= 2.64.2-1~fakesync1), libmount-dev (>= 2.28), libpcre3-dev (>= 1:8.31), libselinux1-dev, pkg-config, zlib1g-dev Suggests: libgirepository1.0-dev (>= 1.62), libglib2.0-doc Breaks: libglib2.0-0-dbg (« 2.51.4-1~) Replaces: libglib2.0-0-dbg (« 2.51.4-1~) Filename: pool/main/g/glib2.0/libglib2.0-dev_2.64.2-1~fakesync1_amd64.deb Size: 1504332 MD5sum: 04608e21dae521823f330a31800e2f78 SHA1: 546048452f2093d998d670411fcd9afdf2e7caa9 SHA256: e4fed75cc737197477c3d025b724bd13887b42688210f14ef326221976f9cc7e Homepage: http://www.gtk.org/ Description-en: Development files for the GLib library GLib is a library containing many useful C routines for things such as trees, hashes, lists, and strings. It is a useful general-purpose C library used by projects such as GTK+, GIMP, and GNOME.
This package is needed to compile programs against libglib2.0-0, as only it includes the header files and static libraries (optionally) needed for compiling.
GObject-Introspection metadata for this library can be found in the libgirepository1.0-dev package.
There are three methods to install libglib2.0-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 libglib2.0-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 libglib2.0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libglib2.0-dev
Install libglib2.0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libglib2.0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libglib2.0-dev
Install libglib2.0-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 libglib2.0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libglib2.0-dev
How To Uninstall libglib2.0-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libglib2.0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libglib2.0-dev
Uninstall libglib2.0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libglib2.0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglib2.0-dev
Remove libglib2.0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libglib2.0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libglib2.0-dev
Remove libglib2.0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libglib2.0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglib2.0-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglib2.0-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.