How To Install libappstream-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libappstream-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libappstream-dev
libappstream-dev is:
AppStream is a metadata specification, allowing to write metadata for software projects in a standardized format. This allows software centers to display useful information for not installed software, as well as determining software the user might want to install (e.g. to open an unknown file type or to make missing firmware available).
This package contains development files necessary to develop software management tools which use the AppStream library.
There are three methods to install libappstream-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 libappstream-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 libappstream-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libappstream-dev
Install libappstream-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libappstream-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libappstream-dev
Install libappstream-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 libappstream-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libappstream-dev
How To Uninstall libappstream-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libappstream-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libappstream-dev
Uninstall libappstream-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libappstream-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libappstream-dev
Remove libappstream-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libappstream-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libappstream-dev
Remove libappstream-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libappstream-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libappstream-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libappstream-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
