How To Install libprocps-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprocps-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libprocps-dev
libprocps-dev is:
These are the header files for libproc. Some packages using libproc to access process information from /proc need these to compile.
There are three methods to install libprocps-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libprocps-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 libprocps-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprocps-dev
Install libprocps-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprocps-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprocps-dev
Install libprocps-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 libprocps-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprocps-dev
How To Uninstall libprocps-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libprocps-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprocps-dev
Uninstall libprocps-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprocps-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprocps-dev
Remove libprocps-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libprocps-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprocps-dev
Remove libprocps-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprocps-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprocps-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprocps-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.