How To Install libgirepository1.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgirepository1.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgirepository1.0-dev
libgirepository1.0-dev is:
GObject Introspection is a project for providing machine readable introspection data of the API of C libraries. This introspection data can be used in several different use cases, for example automatic code generation for bindings, API verification and documentation generation.
GObject Introspection contains tools to generate and handle the introspection data.
This package contains the headers for the C library for handling the introspection data.
There are three methods to install libgirepository1.0-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 libgirepository1.0-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 libgirepository1.0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgirepository1.0-dev
Install libgirepository1.0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgirepository1.0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgirepository1.0-dev
Install libgirepository1.0-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 libgirepository1.0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgirepository1.0-dev
How To Uninstall libgirepository1.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgirepository1.0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgirepository1.0-dev
Uninstall libgirepository1.0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgirepository1.0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgirepository1.0-dev
Remove libgirepository1.0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgirepository1.0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgirepository1.0-dev
Remove libgirepository1.0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgirepository1.0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgirepository1.0-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgirepository1.0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
