How To Install libabiword-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libabiword-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libabiword-dev
libabiword-dev is:
AbiWord is a full-featured, efficient word processing application. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks, and is extensible with a variety of plugins.
This package contains development files for software linking against libabiword-3.0.
There are three methods to install libabiword-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 libabiword-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 libabiword-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libabiword-dev
Install libabiword-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libabiword-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libabiword-dev
Install libabiword-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 libabiword-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libabiword-dev
How To Uninstall libabiword-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libabiword-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libabiword-dev
Uninstall libabiword-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libabiword-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libabiword-dev
Remove libabiword-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libabiword-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libabiword-dev
Remove libabiword-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libabiword-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libabiword-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libabiword-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
