How To Install libsmartcols-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmartcols-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsmartcols-dev
libsmartcols-dev is:
This smart column output alignment library is used by fdisk utilities.
This package contains the development environment for the mount library.
There are three methods to install libsmartcols-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 libsmartcols-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 libsmartcols-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsmartcols-dev
Install libsmartcols-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsmartcols-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsmartcols-dev
Install libsmartcols-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 libsmartcols-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsmartcols-dev
How To Uninstall libsmartcols-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsmartcols-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsmartcols-dev
Uninstall libsmartcols-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsmartcols-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsmartcols-dev
Remove libsmartcols-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsmartcols-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsmartcols-dev
Remove libsmartcols-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsmartcols-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsmartcols-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmartcols-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
