How To Install libgumbo-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgumbo-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgumbo-dev
libgumbo-dev is:
Gumbo is an implementation of the HTML5 parsing algorithm implemented as a pure C99 library with no outside dependencies. It’s designed to serve as a building block for other tools and libraries such as linters, validators, templating languages, and refactoring and analysis tools.
This package contains development files for Gumbo.
There are three methods to install libgumbo-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 libgumbo-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 libgumbo-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgumbo-dev
Install libgumbo-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgumbo-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgumbo-dev
Install libgumbo-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 libgumbo-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgumbo-dev
How To Uninstall libgumbo-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgumbo-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgumbo-dev
Uninstall libgumbo-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgumbo-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgumbo-dev
Remove libgumbo-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgumbo-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgumbo-dev
Remove libgumbo-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgumbo-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgumbo-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgumbo-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
