How To Install libhdf5-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhdf5-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libhdf5-dev
libhdf5-dev is:
HDF5 is a file format and library for storing scientific data. HDF5 was designed and implemented to address the deficiencies of HDF4.x. It has a more powerful and flexible data model, supports files larger than 2 GB, and supports parallel I/O.
This package contains development files for serial platforms.
There are three methods to install libhdf5-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libhdf5-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 libhdf5-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhdf5-dev
Install libhdf5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhdf5-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhdf5-dev
Install libhdf5-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 libhdf5-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhdf5-dev
How To Uninstall libhdf5-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libhdf5-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhdf5-dev
Uninstall libhdf5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhdf5-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhdf5-dev
Remove libhdf5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libhdf5-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhdf5-dev
Remove libhdf5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhdf5-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhdf5-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhdf5-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.