How To Install libgpg-error-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpg-error-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgpg-error-dev
libgpg-error-dev is:
Library that defines common error values for all GnuPG components. Among these are GPG, GPGSM, GPGME, GPG-Agent, libgcrypt, pinentry, SmartCard Daemon and possibly more in the future.
This package contains the headers and other files needed to compile against this library.
There are three methods to install libgpg-error-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 libgpg-error-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 libgpg-error-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgpg-error-dev
Install libgpg-error-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgpg-error-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgpg-error-dev
Install libgpg-error-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 libgpg-error-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgpg-error-dev
How To Uninstall libgpg-error-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgpg-error-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgpg-error-dev
Uninstall libgpg-error-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgpg-error-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgpg-error-dev
Remove libgpg-error-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgpg-error-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgpg-error-dev
Remove libgpg-error-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgpg-error-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgpg-error-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpg-error-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
