How To Install libglib2.0-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglib2.0-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libglib2.0-dev
libglib2.0-dev is:
GLib is a library containing many useful C routines for things such as trees, hashes, lists, and strings. It is a useful general-purpose C library used by projects such as GTK+, GIMP, and GNOME.
This package is needed to compile programs against libglib2.0-0, as only it includes the header files and static libraries (optionally) needed for compiling.
GObject-Introspection metadata for this library can be found in the libgirepository1.0-dev package.
There are three methods to install libglib2.0-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libglib2.0-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 libglib2.0-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libglib2.0-dev
Install libglib2.0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libglib2.0-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libglib2.0-dev
Install libglib2.0-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 libglib2.0-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libglib2.0-dev
How To Uninstall libglib2.0-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libglib2.0-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libglib2.0-dev
Uninstall libglib2.0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libglib2.0-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglib2.0-dev
Remove libglib2.0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libglib2.0-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libglib2.0-dev
Remove libglib2.0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libglib2.0-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglib2.0-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglib2.0-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.