How To Install libaccountsservice-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaccountsservice-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libaccountsservice-dev
libaccountsservice-dev is:
The AccountService project provides a set of D-Bus interfaces for querying and manipulating user account information and an implementation of these interfaces, based on the useradd, usermod and userdel commands.
This package provides the development files for the AccountService library.
There are three methods to install libaccountsservice-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 libaccountsservice-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 libaccountsservice-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libaccountsservice-dev
Install libaccountsservice-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libaccountsservice-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libaccountsservice-dev
Install libaccountsservice-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 libaccountsservice-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libaccountsservice-dev
How To Uninstall libaccountsservice-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libaccountsservice-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libaccountsservice-dev
Uninstall libaccountsservice-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libaccountsservice-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaccountsservice-dev
Remove libaccountsservice-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libaccountsservice-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libaccountsservice-dev
Remove libaccountsservice-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libaccountsservice-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaccountsservice-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaccountsservice-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
