How To Install libcob1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob1-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcob1-dev
libcob1-dev is:
This package contains the development files for open-cobol.
There are three methods to install libcob1-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 libcob1-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 libcob1-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcob1-dev
Install libcob1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcob1-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcob1-dev
Install libcob1-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 libcob1-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcob1-dev
How To Uninstall libcob1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcob1-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcob1-dev
Uninstall libcob1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcob1-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcob1-dev
Remove libcob1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcob1-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcob1-dev
Remove libcob1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcob1-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcob1-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob1-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.