How To Install libparted-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libparted-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libparted-dev
libparted-dev is:
GNU Parted is a program that allows you to create, destroy, resize, move, and copy disk partitions. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.
This package contains the static library and header files for libparted, which are really only of interest to parted developers.
Package: libparted-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.3-4 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: parted Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Parted Maintainer Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1128 Depends: libc6-dev, libparted2 (= 3.3-4), libparted-fs-resize0 (= 3.3-4), libdevmapper-dev (>= 1.02.33), uuid-dev, libblkid-dev Suggests: parted (= 3.3-4), parted-doc Breaks: libparted0-dev (« 3.1-1~), parted (« 1.2.11) Replaces: libparted0-dev (« 3.1-1~), libparted2-dev (« 2.2), parted (« 1.2.11) Filename: pool/main/p/parted/libparted-dev_3.3-4_amd64.deb Size: 231728 MD5sum: 2aceeb9ea34ba9e5e03a25c2bc8d6453 SHA1: 3b4a0734d4e8b8f9e6d3880fb828085abbf9e592 SHA256: 3f21eb54979c548a2abf4f340b718f17a2755df59ad2be1e57f23193b48eb333 Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted Description-en: disk partition manipulator - development files GNU Parted is a program that allows you to create, destroy, resize, move, and copy disk partitions. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.
This package contains the static library and header files for libparted, which are really only of interest to parted developers.
There are three methods to install libparted-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 libparted-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 libparted-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libparted-dev
Install libparted-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libparted-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libparted-dev
Install libparted-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 libparted-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libparted-dev
How To Uninstall libparted-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libparted-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libparted-dev
Uninstall libparted-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libparted-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libparted-dev
Remove libparted-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libparted-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libparted-dev
Remove libparted-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libparted-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libparted-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libparted-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.