How To Install libzfslinux-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzfslinux-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libzfslinux-dev
libzfslinux-dev is:
Header files and static libraries for compiling software against libraries of OpenZFS filesystem.
This package includes the development files of libnvpair1, libuutil1, libzpool2 and libzfs2.
Package: libzfslinux-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9 Priority: extra Section: libdevel Source: zfs-linux Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian ZFS on Linux maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 8674 Provides: libnvpair-dev, libuutil-dev Depends: libnvpair1linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9), libuutil1linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9), libzfs2linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9), libzpool2linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9) Filename: pool/main/z/zfs-linux/libzfslinux-dev_0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9_amd64.deb Size: 1344024 MD5sum: 34f8d3381c18323aa3b4c0aca3c263d3 SHA1: 1a0dbb651545865d6ccf5a35400fa1ec13b6de66 SHA256: d5076999225bb60b11ee68475f3c789e103a97552aea0485052b70934fb48b2d SHA512: 3ea3479d091c4a60666dd3e896eec88648d7aed0a689cf11426d845641c1202561eb2eebde76e33ea73c247c4cdd636bb9e1a5aa4d7eda112c3e2de9d5e3b523 Homepage: https://zfsonlinux.org/ Description-en: OpenZFS filesystem development files for Linux Header files and static libraries for compiling software against libraries of OpenZFS filesystem.
This package includes the development files of libnvpair1, libuutil1, libzpool2 and libzfs2.
Package: libzfslinux-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.8.3-1ubuntu12 Priority: extra Section: libdevel Source: zfs-linux Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian ZFS on Linux maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 8656 Provides: libnvpair-dev, libuutil-dev Depends: libnvpair1linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12), libuutil1linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12), libzfs2linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12), libzpool2linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12) Filename: pool/main/z/zfs-linux/libzfslinux-dev_0.8.3-1ubuntu12_amd64.deb Size: 1337336 MD5sum: 53e1fd47c9a2e6cbfcdb488c16a1486f SHA1: ae48a1a5b47db7c34b6ecd8c3dbbb7c99112e604 SHA256: d5a5a3e3552c21c44bc769ba3a834d8875369bf58948b40898c2c16215f6c602 Homepage: https://zfsonlinux.org/ Description-en: OpenZFS filesystem development files for Linux Header files and static libraries for compiling software against libraries of OpenZFS filesystem.
This package includes the development files of libnvpair1, libuutil1, libzpool2 and libzfs2.
There are three methods to install libzfslinux-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 libzfslinux-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 libzfslinux-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzfslinux-dev
Install libzfslinux-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzfslinux-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzfslinux-dev
Install libzfslinux-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 libzfslinux-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzfslinux-dev
How To Uninstall libzfslinux-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libzfslinux-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzfslinux-dev
Uninstall libzfslinux-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzfslinux-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzfslinux-dev
Remove libzfslinux-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libzfslinux-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzfslinux-dev
Remove libzfslinux-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzfslinux-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzfslinux-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzfslinux-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
