How To Install libgpm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgpm-dev
libgpm-dev is:
This package provides a library that handles mouse requests and delivers them to applications. See the description for the ‘gpm’ package for more information.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libgpm-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 libgpm-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 libgpm-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgpm-dev
Install libgpm-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgpm-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgpm-dev
Install libgpm-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 libgpm-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgpm-dev
How To Uninstall libgpm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgpm-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgpm-dev
Uninstall libgpm-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgpm-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgpm-dev
Remove libgpm-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgpm-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgpm-dev
Remove libgpm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgpm-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgpm-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpm-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
