How To Install libgnt-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnt-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libgnt-dev
libgnt-dev is:
GNT is an ncurses toolkit for creating text-mode graphical user interfaces in a fast and easy way. It is based on GLib and ncurses.
It was born out of the console-based UI, Finch, for the libpurple project.
This package contains the include files used for development against libgnt.
There are three methods to install libgnt-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgnt-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 libgnt-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgnt-dev
Install libgnt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnt-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgnt-dev
Install libgnt-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 libgnt-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgnt-dev
How To Uninstall libgnt-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libgnt-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgnt-dev
Uninstall libgnt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgnt-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnt-dev
Remove libgnt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgnt-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgnt-dev
Remove libgnt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgnt-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnt-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnt-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.