How To Install libgpr1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpr1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libgpr1-dev is support for programs processing GNAT projects (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpr1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgpr1-dev

libgpr1-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 libgpr1-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 libgpr1-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 libgpr1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgpr1-dev

Install libgpr1-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgpr1-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgpr1-dev

Install libgpr1-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 libgpr1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgpr1-dev

How To Uninstall libgpr1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libgpr1-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgpr1-dev

Uninstall libgpr1-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgpr1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgpr1-dev

Remove libgpr1-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgpr1-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgpr1-dev

Remove libgpr1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgpr1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgpr1-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpr1-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.