How To Install libfdisk-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfdisk-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libfdisk-dev
libfdisk-dev is:
The libfdisk library is used for manipulating partition tables. It is the core of the fdisk, cfdisk, and sfdisk tools.
This package contains the development environment for the fdisk library.
Package: libfdisk-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.34-0.1ubuntu9 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: util-linux Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: LaMont Jones [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1030 Depends: libfdisk1 (= 2.34-0.1ubuntu9), libc6-dev | libc-dev, libblkid-dev, uuid-dev Filename: pool/main/u/util-linux/libfdisk-dev_2.34-0.1ubuntu9_amd64.deb Size: 202988 MD5sum: 2950d2b1223acce96c5d4abd33a713f7 SHA1: 2c2cd1bb4dc621315fda04128b2a794b1efbb342 SHA256: 9bf7d2915cd54127434800b3b0bbc69bcdf7f0212b9496a1d94e533c4729c4d0 Description-en: fdisk partitioning library - headers and static libraries The libfdisk library is used for manipulating partition tables. It is the core of the fdisk, cfdisk, and sfdisk tools.
This package contains the development environment for the fdisk library.
There are three methods to install libfdisk-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 libfdisk-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 libfdisk-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfdisk-dev
Install libfdisk-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfdisk-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfdisk-dev
Install libfdisk-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 libfdisk-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfdisk-dev
How To Uninstall libfdisk-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libfdisk-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfdisk-dev
Uninstall libfdisk-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfdisk-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfdisk-dev
Remove libfdisk-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfdisk-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfdisk-dev
Remove libfdisk-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfdisk-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfdisk-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfdisk-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.