How To Install libe-book-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libe-book-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libe-book-dev
libe-book-dev is:
libe-book is a library and a set of tools for reading and converting various non-HTML reflowable e-book formats.
Currently supported are:
- eReader .pdb
- FictionBook v. 2 (including zipped files)
- PalmDoc Ebook
- Plucker .pdb
- QiOO (mobile format, for java-enabled cellphones)
- TCR (simple compressed text format)
- TealDoc
- zTXT
- ZVR (simple compressed text format)
This package contains the development files (headers, …)
There are three methods to install libe-book-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 libe-book-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 libe-book-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libe-book-dev
Install libe-book-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libe-book-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libe-book-dev
Install libe-book-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 libe-book-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libe-book-dev
How To Uninstall libe-book-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libe-book-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libe-book-dev
Uninstall libe-book-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libe-book-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libe-book-dev
Remove libe-book-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libe-book-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libe-book-dev
Remove libe-book-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libe-book-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libe-book-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libe-book-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
