How To Install libmarisa-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmarisa-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libmarisa-dev is development files for libmarisa

Introduction

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

What is libmarisa-dev

libmarisa-dev is:

Matching Algorithm with Recursively Implemented StorAge (MARISA) is a static and space-efficient trie data structure.

This package contains the files necessary for compiling programs that depend on MARISA.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmarisa-dev

Install libmarisa-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmarisa-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmarisa-dev

How To Uninstall libmarisa-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libmarisa-dev

Uninstall libmarisa-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmarisa-dev

Remove libmarisa-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmarisa-dev

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

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

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

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Summary

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