How To Install libboost-filesystem1.67-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
libboost-filesystem1.67-dev is:
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection.
The Boost Filesystem Library provides portable facilities to query and manipulate paths, files, and directories. The goal is to facilitate portable script-like operations from within C++ programs.
There are three methods to install libboost-filesystem1.67-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 libboost-filesystem1.67-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 libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
Install libboost-filesystem1.67-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
Install libboost-filesystem1.67-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 libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
How To Uninstall libboost-filesystem1.67-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
Uninstall libboost-filesystem1.67-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
Remove libboost-filesystem1.67-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
Remove libboost-filesystem1.67-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libboost-filesystem1.67-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.