How To Install libbelr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbelr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libbelr-dev
libbelr-dev is:
Belr is Belledonne Communications’ language recognition library. It aims at parsing any input formatted according to a language defined by an ABNF grammar, such as the protocols standardized at IETF.
It is based on finite state machine theory and heavily relies on recursivity from an implementation standpoint.
The package is probably not useful outside the Belledonne Communications suite of libraries and programs.
This package contains the development headers.
There are three methods to install libbelr-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 libbelr-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 libbelr-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbelr-dev
Install libbelr-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbelr-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbelr-dev
Install libbelr-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 libbelr-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbelr-dev
How To Uninstall libbelr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libbelr-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbelr-dev
Uninstall libbelr-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbelr-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbelr-dev
Remove libbelr-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libbelr-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbelr-dev
Remove libbelr-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbelr-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbelr-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbelr-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
