How To Install valac-0.48-vapi on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install valac-0.48-vapi on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is valac-0.48-vapi
valac-0.48-vapi is:
Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C.
valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source code. This package also contains the vala-gen-introspect and vapigen binaries that will automatically generate Vala bindings.
This package contains the bundled vapi files, which make some common libraries available for vala development.
Package: valac-0.48-vapi Architecture: all Version: 0.48.3-1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: vala Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 7596 Provides: valac-vapi Filename: pool/universe/v/vala/valac-0.48-vapi_0.48.3-1_all.deb Size: 750032 MD5sum: b15657a93bbb3a878c912c7112a611e8 SHA1: cee3be46e866972498e8cad9e6422db11f2197a0 SHA256: bfa833373c16b21f967ce8426ed3f2d93d0cb1b37b638825877214900f5b07da Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/ Description-en: C# like language for the GObject system - vapi files Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C.
valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source code. This package also contains the vala-gen-introspect and vapigen binaries that will automatically generate Vala bindings.
This package contains the bundled vapi files, which make some common libraries available for vala development.
There are three methods to install valac-0.48-vapi 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 valac-0.48-vapi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install valac-0.48-vapi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install valac-0.48-vapi
Install valac-0.48-vapi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install valac-0.48-vapi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install valac-0.48-vapi
Install valac-0.48-vapi 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 valac-0.48-vapi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install valac-0.48-vapi
How To Uninstall valac-0.48-vapi on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the valac-0.48-vapi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove valac-0.48-vapi
Uninstall valac-0.48-vapi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall valac-0.48-vapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove valac-0.48-vapi
Remove valac-0.48-vapi Configurations and Data
To remove valac-0.48-vapi configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge valac-0.48-vapi
Remove valac-0.48-vapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove valac-0.48-vapi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge valac-0.48-vapi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install valac-0.48-vapi package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
