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