How To Install libgnatprj7-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnatprj7-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libgnatprj7-dev is support for programs processing GNAT projects (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnatprj7-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libgnatprj7-dev

libgnatprj7-dev is:

GNAT projects are human-readable text files used to drive tools building or inspecting lots of source files in several programming languages, like those provided by the gprbuild package.

This package contains the development tools.

There are three methods to install libgnatprj7-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgnatprj7-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 libgnatprj7-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgnatprj7-dev

Install libgnatprj7-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnatprj7-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgnatprj7-dev

Install libgnatprj7-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 libgnatprj7-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnatprj7-dev

How To Uninstall libgnatprj7-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libgnatprj7-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgnatprj7-dev

Uninstall libgnatprj7-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnatprj7-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnatprj7-dev

Remove libgnatprj7-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgnatprj7-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnatprj7-dev

Remove libgnatprj7-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgnatprj7-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnatprj7-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnatprj7-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.