How To Install libguytools2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguytools2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libguytools2-dev is development files for libguytools being a small programming toolbox

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguytools2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libguytools2-dev

libguytools2-dev is:

Includes modules for configuration file handling, error handling, logging and system information retrieval. A signal handler enables applications to do stack backtracing in case of segmentation faults. This package provides the development files for libguytools2.

There are three methods to install libguytools2-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 libguytools2-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 libguytools2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libguytools2-dev

Install libguytools2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libguytools2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libguytools2-dev

Install libguytools2-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 libguytools2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libguytools2-dev

How To Uninstall libguytools2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libguytools2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libguytools2-dev

Uninstall libguytools2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libguytools2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguytools2-dev

Remove libguytools2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libguytools2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libguytools2-dev

Remove libguytools2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libguytools2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libguytools2-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguytools2-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.