How To Install libgtop2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtop2-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgtop2-dev
libgtop2-dev is:
The gtop library reads information about processes and the state of the system. It is used by the GNOME desktop environment.
This package contains the static library and development headers.
There are three methods to install libgtop2-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 libgtop2-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 libgtop2-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgtop2-dev
Install libgtop2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgtop2-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgtop2-dev
Install libgtop2-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 libgtop2-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgtop2-dev
How To Uninstall libgtop2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgtop2-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgtop2-dev
Uninstall libgtop2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgtop2-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgtop2-dev
Remove libgtop2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgtop2-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgtop2-dev
Remove libgtop2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgtop2-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgtop2-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtop2-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.