How To Install libfs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libfs-dev
libfs-dev is:
libFS, the Font Services library, provides various functions useful to X11 font servers, and clients connecting to font servers. It is not used outside of these implementations.
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libfs6. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libFS
There are three methods to install libfs-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 libfs-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 libfs-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfs-dev
Install libfs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfs-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfs-dev
Install libfs-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 libfs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfs-dev
How To Uninstall libfs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libfs-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfs-dev
Uninstall libfs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfs-dev
Remove libfs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfs-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfs-dev
Remove libfs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfs-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfs-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfs-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
