How To Install libgtextutils-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtextutils-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgtextutils-dev
libgtextutils-dev is:
The Gordon Text_utils (gtextutils) library is a text utilities library used by the FASTX-Toolkit, a suite of programs for biological sequence analysis.
Development files for the Gordon Text_utils (gtextutils) library.
There are three methods to install libgtextutils-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 libgtextutils-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 libgtextutils-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgtextutils-dev
Install libgtextutils-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgtextutils-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgtextutils-dev
Install libgtextutils-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 libgtextutils-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgtextutils-dev
How To Uninstall libgtextutils-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgtextutils-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgtextutils-dev
Uninstall libgtextutils-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgtextutils-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgtextutils-dev
Remove libgtextutils-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgtextutils-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgtextutils-dev
Remove libgtextutils-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgtextutils-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgtextutils-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtextutils-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
