How To Install libboinc-app-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libboinc-app-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libboinc-app-dev
libboinc-app-dev is:
The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is a software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources.
This package contains header files that are needed to develop and compile applications which utilizes the BOINC infrastructure.
There are three methods to install libboinc-app-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libboinc-app-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 libboinc-app-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libboinc-app-dev
Install libboinc-app-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libboinc-app-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libboinc-app-dev
Install libboinc-app-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 libboinc-app-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libboinc-app-dev
How To Uninstall libboinc-app-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libboinc-app-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libboinc-app-dev
Uninstall libboinc-app-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libboinc-app-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libboinc-app-dev
Remove libboinc-app-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libboinc-app-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libboinc-app-dev
Remove libboinc-app-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libboinc-app-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libboinc-app-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libboinc-app-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.