How To Install libcmph-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmph-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libcmph-dev is C Minimal Perfect Hashing Library development files

Introduction

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

What is libcmph-dev

libcmph-dev is:

Minimal perfect hash functions are widely used for memory efficient storage and fast retrieval of items from static sets, such as words in natural languages, reserved words in programming languages or interactive systems, universal resource locations (URLs) in Web search engines, or item sets in data mining techniques.

This package contains the development files of the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcmph-dev

Install libcmph-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcmph-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcmph-dev

How To Uninstall libcmph-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libcmph-dev

Uninstall libcmph-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcmph-dev

Remove libcmph-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcmph-dev

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

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

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

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Summary

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