How To Install libvncserver-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncserver-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libvncserver-dev
libvncserver-dev is:
LibVNCServer makes writing a VNC server (or more correctly, a program exporting a framebuffer via the Remote Frame Buffer protocol) easy. It hides the programmer from the tedious task of managing clients and compression.
This is the development package which contains headers and static libraries for libvncserver.
Package: libvncserver-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.9.12+dfsg-9 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: x11 Source: libvncserver Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Remote Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 345 Depends: libvncclient1 (= 0.9.12+dfsg-9), libvncserver1 (= 0.9.12+dfsg-9), libgcrypt20-dev, libgnutls28-dev, libjpeg-dev, liblzo2-dev, libsasl2-dev, zlib1g-dev Filename: pool/main/libv/libvncserver/libvncserver-dev_0.9.12+dfsg-9_amd64.deb Size: 67436 MD5sum: dfd6194923b243fb63ad41ade57e1098 SHA1: c25df3789f3f8e92b6950db8c2761d8d8272f394 SHA256: 9e77b126c9585c269ac78211e723884d11e4264c374fe486929f7e93f2be1d12 Homepage: http://libvnc.github.io Description-en: API to write one’s own VNC server - development files LibVNCServer makes writing a VNC server (or more correctly, a program exporting a framebuffer via the Remote Frame Buffer protocol) easy. It hides the programmer from the tedious task of managing clients and compression.
This is the development package which contains headers and static libraries for libvncserver.
There are three methods to install libvncserver-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 libvncserver-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 libvncserver-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvncserver-dev
Install libvncserver-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvncserver-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvncserver-dev
Install libvncserver-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 libvncserver-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvncserver-dev
How To Uninstall libvncserver-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libvncserver-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvncserver-dev
Uninstall libvncserver-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvncserver-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvncserver-dev
Remove libvncserver-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvncserver-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvncserver-dev
Remove libvncserver-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvncserver-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvncserver-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncserver-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
