How To Install libamu-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libamu-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libamu-dev
libamu-dev is:
Libamu contains a support library needed by the am-utils automounter utilities from the am-utils package.
These are the files needed to compile against libamu.
There are three methods to install libamu-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 libamu-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 libamu-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libamu-dev
Install libamu-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libamu-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libamu-dev
Install libamu-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 libamu-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libamu-dev
How To Uninstall libamu-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libamu-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libamu-dev
Uninstall libamu-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libamu-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libamu-dev
Remove libamu-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libamu-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libamu-dev
Remove libamu-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libamu-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libamu-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libamu-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.