How To Install libunrar-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunrar-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libunrar-dev
libunrar-dev is:
This package contains the static library and header files for the libunrar library.
There are three methods to install libunrar-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 libunrar-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 libunrar-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libunrar-dev
Install libunrar-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libunrar-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libunrar-dev
Install libunrar-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 libunrar-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libunrar-dev
How To Uninstall libunrar-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libunrar-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libunrar-dev
Uninstall libunrar-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libunrar-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunrar-dev
Remove libunrar-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libunrar-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libunrar-dev
Remove libunrar-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libunrar-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunrar-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunrar-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.