How To Install libzstd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzstd-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libzstd-dev
libzstd-dev is:
Zstd, short for Zstandard, is a fast lossless compression algorithm, targeting real-time compression scenarios at zlib-level compression ratio.
This package contains the headers and static library.
There are three methods to install libzstd-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 libzstd-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 libzstd-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzstd-dev
Install libzstd-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzstd-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzstd-dev
Install libzstd-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 libzstd-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzstd-dev
How To Uninstall libzstd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libzstd-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzstd-dev
Uninstall libzstd-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzstd-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzstd-dev
Remove libzstd-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libzstd-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzstd-dev
Remove libzstd-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzstd-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzstd-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzstd-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.