How To Install liblvm2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblvm2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is liblvm2-dev
liblvm2-dev is:
This package contains files needed to develop applications that use the lvm2app library.
Package: liblvm2-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.03.07-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: lvm2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian LVM Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 41 Depends: liblvm2cmd2.03 (= 2.03.07-1ubuntu1), libdevmapper-dev Filename: pool/main/l/lvm2/liblvm2-dev_2.03.07-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 3752 MD5sum: 485843d06542cee297f2270b7e4747a1 SHA1: 446574e7a55b79a8b20ea54ea0dd4667a1eb9c3a SHA256: 7d77053e041864f26da1c24274f0059cc8aacb8072c90449a2b62e1972a2b675 Homepage: http://sources.redhat.com/lvm2/ Description-en: LVM2 libraries - development files This package contains files needed to develop applications that use the lvm2app library.
There are three methods to install liblvm2-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 liblvm2-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 liblvm2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblvm2-dev
Install liblvm2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblvm2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblvm2-dev
Install liblvm2-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 liblvm2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblvm2-dev
How To Uninstall liblvm2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the liblvm2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblvm2-dev
Uninstall liblvm2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblvm2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblvm2-dev
Remove liblvm2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblvm2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblvm2-dev
Remove liblvm2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblvm2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblvm2-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblvm2-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
