How To Install libgwenhywfar79-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgwenhywfar79-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libgwenhywfar79-dev is OS abstraction layer (meta package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgwenhywfar79-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libgwenhywfar79-dev

libgwenhywfar79-dev is:

Gwenhywfar allows porting of your software to different operating systems like Linux, *BSD, Windows etc. It also provides some often needed modules such as configuration file handling, simple XML file parsing, IPC etc.

This package is a meta package that depends on other packages containing all Gwenhywfar development files.

There are three methods to install libgwenhywfar79-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 libgwenhywfar79-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 libgwenhywfar79-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgwenhywfar79-dev

Install libgwenhywfar79-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgwenhywfar79-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgwenhywfar79-dev

Install libgwenhywfar79-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 libgwenhywfar79-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgwenhywfar79-dev

How To Uninstall libgwenhywfar79-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libgwenhywfar79-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgwenhywfar79-dev

Uninstall libgwenhywfar79-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgwenhywfar79-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgwenhywfar79-dev

Remove libgwenhywfar79-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgwenhywfar79-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgwenhywfar79-dev

Remove libgwenhywfar79-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgwenhywfar79-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgwenhywfar79-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgwenhywfar79-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.