How To Install libast2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libast2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libast2-dev
libast2-dev is:
Headers, static libraries and documentation for developing software that uses libast2.
LibAST is the Library of Assorted Spiffy Things. It contains many spiffy things, and it is a library. Thus, the ever-so-creative name. LibAST has been previously known as libmej, the Eterm helper library which nobody really understood and certainly never used. The plan is to gradually remove some of the neat stuff from Eterm that could be made generic (things like the theme parsing engine, the command-line options parser, perhaps the event engine, …) and place it here in the hopes that others will find them useful.
There are three methods to install libast2-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 libast2-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 libast2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libast2-dev
Install libast2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libast2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libast2-dev
Install libast2-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 libast2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libast2-dev
How To Uninstall libast2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libast2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libast2-dev
Uninstall libast2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libast2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libast2-dev
Remove libast2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libast2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libast2-dev
Remove libast2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libast2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libast2-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libast2-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
