How To Install libffindex0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffindex0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libffindex0-dev
libffindex0-dev is:
FFindex is a very simple index/database for huge amounts of small files. The files are stored concatenated in one big data file, separated by ‘\0’. A second file contains a plain text index, giving name, offset and length of the small files. The lookup is currently done with a binary search on an array made from the index file.
This package contains the header files and documentation needed to develop applications with libffindex.
There are three methods to install libffindex0-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 libffindex0-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 libffindex0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libffindex0-dev
Install libffindex0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libffindex0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libffindex0-dev
Install libffindex0-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 libffindex0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libffindex0-dev
How To Uninstall libffindex0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libffindex0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libffindex0-dev
Uninstall libffindex0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libffindex0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffindex0-dev
Remove libffindex0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libffindex0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libffindex0-dev
Remove libffindex0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libffindex0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffindex0-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffindex0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
