How To Install libcvector-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcvector-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libcvector-dev
libcvector-dev is:
CVector is an ANSI C library which implements dynamic arrays approximating the functionality of the C++ vector class. It provides functions to create and manipulate an abstract vector container. Vector elements can be of any datatype.
This package contains files needed for compiling programs using CVector.
There are three methods to install libcvector-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 libcvector-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 libcvector-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcvector-dev
Install libcvector-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcvector-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcvector-dev
Install libcvector-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 libcvector-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcvector-dev
How To Uninstall libcvector-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libcvector-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcvector-dev
Uninstall libcvector-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcvector-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcvector-dev
Remove libcvector-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcvector-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcvector-dev
Remove libcvector-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcvector-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcvector-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcvector-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.