How To Install libchm-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libchm-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libchm-dev
libchm-dev is:
It is a very simple library, but sufficient for dealing with all of the chm files. Library currently does not has write support.
CHM files are used on the Microsoft Windows platform to store program documentation, almost always in the form of HTML, with some non-standard quirks. CHM files are a form of archive known as InfoTech Storage Format (ITSF) files and contain some special files to implement features of the CHM viewer.
This package includes development headers, libraries and test programs.
There are three methods to install libchm-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 libchm-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 libchm-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libchm-dev
Install libchm-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libchm-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libchm-dev
Install libchm-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 libchm-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libchm-dev
How To Uninstall libchm-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libchm-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libchm-dev
Uninstall libchm-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libchm-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libchm-dev
Remove libchm-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libchm-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libchm-dev
Remove libchm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libchm-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libchm-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libchm-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.