How To Install libahven6-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libahven6-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libahven6-dev is Unit test library for Ada (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libahven6-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libahven6-dev

libahven6-dev is:

Ahven is a simple unit test library for the Ada 95 programming language. It is loosely modeled after JUnit, and some ideas are taken from AUnit. Ahven is free software distributed under permissive ISC license and should work with any Ada 95 compiler.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libahven6-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 libahven6-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 libahven6-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libahven6-dev

Install libahven6-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libahven6-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libahven6-dev

Install libahven6-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 libahven6-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libahven6-dev

How To Uninstall libahven6-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libahven6-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libahven6-dev

Uninstall libahven6-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libahven6-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libahven6-dev

Remove libahven6-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libahven6-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libahven6-dev

Remove libahven6-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libahven6-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libahven6-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libahven6-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.