How To Install libploop-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libploop-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libploop-dev
libploop-dev is:
Ploop is a disk loopback block device, not unlike loop but with many features like dynamic resize, snapshots, backups etc. The main idea is to put container filesystem in a file.
This package contains headers and a static version of Parallels loopback (ploop) block device API library.
There are three methods to install libploop-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 libploop-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 libploop-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libploop-dev
Install libploop-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libploop-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libploop-dev
Install libploop-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 libploop-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libploop-dev
How To Uninstall libploop-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libploop-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libploop-dev
Uninstall libploop-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libploop-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libploop-dev
Remove libploop-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libploop-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libploop-dev
Remove libploop-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libploop-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libploop-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libploop-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.