How To Install libburn-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libburn-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libburn-dev
libburn-dev is:
This package contains the headers, pkgconfig data and static library for libburn. You need the headers if you want to develop or compile applications which make use of the libburn4 API. Its definition is in <libburn/libburn.h>.
There are three methods to install libburn-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 libburn-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 libburn-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libburn-dev
Install libburn-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libburn-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libburn-dev
Install libburn-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 libburn-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libburn-dev
How To Uninstall libburn-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libburn-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libburn-dev
Uninstall libburn-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libburn-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libburn-dev
Remove libburn-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libburn-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libburn-dev
Remove libburn-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libburn-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libburn-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libburn-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.