How To Install libdouble-conversion-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdouble-conversion-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdouble-conversion-dev
libdouble-conversion-dev is:
This library provides routines to convert IEEE single and double floats to and from string representations. It offers at lot of flexibility with respect to the conversion format: shortest, fixed, precision or exponential representation; decimal, octal or hexadecimal basis; control over number of digits, leading/trailing zeros and spaces.
The library consists of efficient conversion routines that have been extracted from the V8 JavaScript engine. The code has been refactored and improved so that it can be used more easily in other projects.
This package contains a static version of the library and development headers.
There are three methods to install libdouble-conversion-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 libdouble-conversion-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 libdouble-conversion-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdouble-conversion-dev
Install libdouble-conversion-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdouble-conversion-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdouble-conversion-dev
Install libdouble-conversion-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 libdouble-conversion-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdouble-conversion-dev
How To Uninstall libdouble-conversion-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdouble-conversion-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdouble-conversion-dev
Uninstall libdouble-conversion-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdouble-conversion-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdouble-conversion-dev
Remove libdouble-conversion-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdouble-conversion-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdouble-conversion-dev
Remove libdouble-conversion-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdouble-conversion-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdouble-conversion-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdouble-conversion-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
