How To Install libglib2.0-tests on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglib2.0-tests on Ubuntu 20.04. libglib2.0-tests is GLib library of C routines - installed tests GLib library of C routines - installed tests GLib library of C routines - installed tests

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglib2.0-tests on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libglib2.0-tests

libglib2.0-tests 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 contains test programs, designed to be run as part of a regression testsuite.

Package: libglib2.0-tests Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.3 Priority: optional Section: universe/libs 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: 10093 Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0, libglib2.0-dev-bin, python3-dbus, python3-dbusmock, python3-gi, shared-mime-info, python3.8, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.29), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.63.3), libpcre3, libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) Recommends: xdg-desktop-portal Filename: pool/universe/g/glib2.0/libglib2.0-tests_2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.3_amd64.deb Size: 1463116 MD5sum: 742f43a79ba533ad09ed6896050dafdf SHA1: 508fa353bf321e0ddc669b94515b1c2543d75a15 SHA256: d51415d9361456b58e0923d4800565955fcf96d0a38c7b8e994cbadeecd84e6d SHA512: 14a0b9d48fb0cc0a29a8d7eb4bb05edc7b7f286aaf77bc8749ef71c566f317a8ca57a10675975fc2a72872635df5da95d4a201991454ad6f88b3c19899829cad Homepage: http://www.gtk.org/ Description-en: GLib library of C routines - installed tests 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 contains test programs, designed to be run as part of a regression testsuite.

Package: libglib2.0-tests Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.64.2-1~fakesync1 Priority: optional Section: universe/libs 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: 10079 Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0, libglib2.0-dev-bin, python3-dbus, python3-dbusmock, python3-gi, shared-mime-info, python3.8, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.29), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.63.3), libpcre3, libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) Recommends: xdg-desktop-portal Filename: pool/universe/g/glib2.0/libglib2.0-tests_2.64.2-1~fakesync1_amd64.deb Size: 1460580 MD5sum: b84bdf6bec051b9a67932da9f945be07 SHA1: e3171b5a25245d36cbaa1bf23c5b5c1b6299de46 SHA256: 6bf617de343a95e56a73f54b651a64cb30d1d5ee57dfecfd65b0222979094534 Homepage: http://www.gtk.org/ Description-en: GLib library of C routines - installed tests 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 contains test programs, designed to be run as part of a regression testsuite.

There are three methods to install libglib2.0-tests 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-tests 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-tests using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libglib2.0-tests

Install libglib2.0-tests Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libglib2.0-tests using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libglib2.0-tests

Install libglib2.0-tests 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-tests using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libglib2.0-tests

How To Uninstall libglib2.0-tests on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libglib2.0-tests package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libglib2.0-tests

Uninstall libglib2.0-tests And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libglib2.0-tests 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-tests

Remove libglib2.0-tests Configurations and Data

To remove libglib2.0-tests configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libglib2.0-tests

Remove libglib2.0-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libglib2.0-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglib2.0-tests

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglib2.0-tests package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.