How To Install libgraphviz-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphviz-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgraphviz-dev
libgraphviz-dev is:
Graphviz is a set of graph drawing tools. See the description of the graphviz package for a full description.
This package installs the libraries and headers necessary to link graphviz library routines into an application. It also installs additional man pages.
Note: A graphviz user doesn’t need to install this package.
There are three methods to install libgraphviz-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 libgraphviz-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 libgraphviz-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgraphviz-dev
Install libgraphviz-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgraphviz-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgraphviz-dev
Install libgraphviz-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 libgraphviz-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgraphviz-dev
How To Uninstall libgraphviz-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgraphviz-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgraphviz-dev
Uninstall libgraphviz-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgraphviz-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgraphviz-dev
Remove libgraphviz-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgraphviz-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgraphviz-dev
Remove libgraphviz-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgraphviz-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgraphviz-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphviz-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.