How To Install libflowcanvas-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libflowcanvas-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libflowcanvas-dev
libflowcanvas-dev is:
FlowCanvas is an interactive Gtkmm/Gnomecanvasmm widget for “boxes and lines” environments (ie modular synths or interactive finite state automata diagrams).
This package provides the development files.
There are three methods to install libflowcanvas-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 libflowcanvas-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 libflowcanvas-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libflowcanvas-dev
Install libflowcanvas-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libflowcanvas-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libflowcanvas-dev
Install libflowcanvas-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 libflowcanvas-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libflowcanvas-dev
How To Uninstall libflowcanvas-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libflowcanvas-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libflowcanvas-dev
Uninstall libflowcanvas-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libflowcanvas-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libflowcanvas-dev
Remove libflowcanvas-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libflowcanvas-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libflowcanvas-dev
Remove libflowcanvas-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libflowcanvas-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libflowcanvas-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libflowcanvas-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
