How To Install gperf on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gperf
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gperf
gperf is:
gperf is a program that generates perfect hash functions for sets of key words.
A perfect hash function is simply: A hash function and a data structure that allows recognition of a key word in a set of words using exactly 1 probe into the data structure.
There are three methods to install gperf
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 gperf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gperf
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gperf
Install gperf Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gperf
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gperf
Install gperf 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 gperf
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gperf
How To Uninstall gperf on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gperf
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gperf
Uninstall gperf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gperf
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gperf
Remove gperf Configurations and Data
To remove gperf
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gperf
Remove gperf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gperf
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gperf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gperf
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.