How To Install libpci-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpci-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpci-dev
libpci-dev is:
This package contains the <pci/pci.h>, <pci/config.h> and <pci/header.h> header files, as well as the libpci static library.
Package: libpci-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:3.6.4-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: pciutils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Guillem Jover [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 242 Depends: libpci3 (= 1:3.6.4-1), libudev-dev (>= 196), zlib1g-dev Filename: pool/main/p/pciutils/libpci-dev_3.6.4-1_amd64.deb Size: 46540 MD5sum: 8ec65665920a66f85109d6577e84f6e1 SHA1: 416ad75a5d39d6f5f5662c2223ed105134ce1c1c SHA256: 1c6f0d9b8cbc0946c3cf9b46cf49d9ea42c7f059ee055aba941b8275705d79b8 Homepage: https://mj.ucw.cz/sw/pciutils/ Description-en: PCI utilities (development files) This package contains the <pci/pci.h>, <pci/config.h> and <pci/header.h> header files, as well as the libpci static library.
There are three methods to install libpci-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 libpci-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 libpci-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpci-dev
Install libpci-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpci-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpci-dev
Install libpci-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 libpci-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpci-dev
How To Uninstall libpci-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpci-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpci-dev
Uninstall libpci-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpci-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpci-dev
Remove libpci-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpci-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpci-dev
Remove libpci-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpci-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpci-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpci-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
