How To Install libccss-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libccss-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libccss-dev is simple api for CSS stylesheets (development headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libccss-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libccss-dev

libccss-dev is:

Libccss offers a simple API to

  • Parse CSS stylesheets.
  • Query for style configurations on a user-provided document representation.
  • Draw query results onto cairo surfaces

This package contains the development headers.

There are three methods to install libccss-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 libccss-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 libccss-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libccss-dev

Install libccss-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libccss-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libccss-dev

Install libccss-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 libccss-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libccss-dev

How To Uninstall libccss-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libccss-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libccss-dev

Uninstall libccss-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libccss-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libccss-dev

Remove libccss-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libccss-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libccss-dev

Remove libccss-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libccss-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libccss-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libccss-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.