How To Install libga-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libga-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libga-dev
libga-dev is:
GAlib contains a set of C++ genetic algorithm objects. The library includes tools for using genetic algorithms to do optimization in any C++ program using any representation and genetic operators. The documentation includes an extensive overview of how to implement a genetic algorithm as well as examples illustrating customizations to the GAlib classes.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libga-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 libga-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 libga-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libga-dev
Install libga-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libga-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libga-dev
Install libga-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 libga-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libga-dev
How To Uninstall libga-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libga-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libga-dev
Uninstall libga-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libga-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libga-dev
Remove libga-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libga-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libga-dev
Remove libga-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libga-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libga-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libga-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
