How To Install libnm-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnm-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnm-dev
libnm-dev is:
NetworkManager is a system network service that manages your network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. It manages ethernet, WiFi, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, and provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.
This package contains header and development files.
Package: libnm-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.22.10-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: network-manager Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 9798 Depends: libnm0 (= 1.22.10-1ubuntu1), gir1.2-nm-1.0 (= 1.22.10-1ubuntu1), libglib2.0-dev Filename: pool/main/n/network-manager/libnm-dev_1.22.10-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 614268 MD5sum: b7bc59a208aeca77947c34ead64af160 SHA1: dc7fef86f2612ad17c3aa6a700e41fa717b44c20 SHA256: 28e4edc070a9b1167794077c2f57d235cac0b5d035c0fdd1d0bbe6ed7f0a3f61 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager Description-en: GObject-based client library for NetworkManager (development files) NetworkManager is a system network service that manages your network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. It manages ethernet, WiFi, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, and provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.
This package contains header and development files.
There are three methods to install libnm-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 libnm-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 libnm-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnm-dev
Install libnm-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnm-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnm-dev
Install libnm-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 libnm-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnm-dev
How To Uninstall libnm-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnm-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnm-dev
Uninstall libnm-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnm-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnm-dev
Remove libnm-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnm-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnm-dev
Remove libnm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnm-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnm-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnm-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.