How To Install libgfshare-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfshare-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgfshare-dev
libgfshare-dev is:
This library implements Shamir’s method for secret sharing, which can be used to split a secret (like a GPG secret key) into multiple parts, so that at least some number of those parts are needed to recover the original file, but any smaller combination of parts is useless to an attacker.
This package contains header files and static libraries, needed to compile programs that use libgfshare.
There are three methods to install libgfshare-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 libgfshare-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 libgfshare-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgfshare-dev
Install libgfshare-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgfshare-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgfshare-dev
Install libgfshare-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 libgfshare-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgfshare-dev
How To Uninstall libgfshare-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgfshare-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgfshare-dev
Uninstall libgfshare-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgfshare-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgfshare-dev
Remove libgfshare-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgfshare-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgfshare-dev
Remove libgfshare-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgfshare-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgfshare-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfshare-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
