How To Install libhangul-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhangul-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libhangul-dev is Hangul keyboard input library - development files

Introduction

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

What is libhangul-dev

libhangul-dev is:

This library implements Hangul keyboard input with various types of Korean keyboards. It is intended to be a base library of Korean input methods on multiple platforms.

This package contains the header files and the static library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libhangul-dev

Install libhangul-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhangul-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libhangul-dev

How To Uninstall libhangul-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libhangul-dev

Uninstall libhangul-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhangul-dev

Remove libhangul-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libhangul-dev

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

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

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

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Summary

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