How To Install librarian-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librarian-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librarian-dev
librarian-dev is:
Rarian (formerly Spoon) is a documentation meta-data library, designed as a replacement for Scrollkeeper.
This package ships the development files.
There are three methods to install librarian-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 librarian-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 librarian-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librarian-dev
Install librarian-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librarian-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librarian-dev
Install librarian-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 librarian-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librarian-dev
How To Uninstall librarian-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librarian-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librarian-dev
Uninstall librarian-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librarian-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librarian-dev
Remove librarian-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librarian-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librarian-dev
Remove librarian-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librarian-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librarian-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librarian-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
