How To Install libdotconf-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdotconf-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libdotconf-dev
libdotconf-dev is:
dot.conf is a simple-to-use and powerful configuration-file parser library written in C. The configuration files created for dot.conf look very similar to those used by the Apache Webserver. Even Container-Directives known from httpd.conf can easily be used in the exact same manner as for Apache-Modules. It supports various types of arguments, dynamically loadable modules that create their own configuration options on-the-fly, a here-documents feature to pass very long ARG_STR data to your app, and on-the-fly inclusion of additional config files.
This package contains the development files necessary to build programs using the dotconf library.
There are three methods to install libdotconf-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 libdotconf-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 libdotconf-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdotconf-dev
Install libdotconf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdotconf-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdotconf-dev
Install libdotconf-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 libdotconf-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdotconf-dev
How To Uninstall libdotconf-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libdotconf-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdotconf-dev
Uninstall libdotconf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdotconf-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdotconf-dev
Remove libdotconf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdotconf-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdotconf-dev
Remove libdotconf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdotconf-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdotconf-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdotconf-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.