How To Install libebook-contacts1.2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libebook-contacts1.2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libebook-contacts1.2-dev is Client library for evolution contacts books (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libebook-contacts1.2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libebook-contacts1.2-dev

libebook-contacts1.2-dev is:

This package contains header files and static library for libebook.

libebook is a client library for evolution addressbooks. Evolution is the integrated mail, calendar, task and address book distributed suite from Novell, Inc.

There are three methods to install libebook-contacts1.2-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 libebook-contacts1.2-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 libebook-contacts1.2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libebook-contacts1.2-dev

Install libebook-contacts1.2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libebook-contacts1.2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libebook-contacts1.2-dev

Install libebook-contacts1.2-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 libebook-contacts1.2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libebook-contacts1.2-dev

How To Uninstall libebook-contacts1.2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libebook-contacts1.2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libebook-contacts1.2-dev

Uninstall libebook-contacts1.2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libebook-contacts1.2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libebook-contacts1.2-dev

Remove libebook-contacts1.2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libebook-contacts1.2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libebook-contacts1.2-dev

Remove libebook-contacts1.2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libebook-contacts1.2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libebook-contacts1.2-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libebook-contacts1.2-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.