How To Install libhippocanvas-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhippocanvas-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libhippocanvas-dev
libhippocanvas-dev is:
Hippo Canvas is a canvas library based on GTK+2.0, Cairo and Pango It is used by the Mugshot client and by the Sugar UI
This package provides the development files
There are three methods to install libhippocanvas-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 libhippocanvas-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 libhippocanvas-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhippocanvas-dev
Install libhippocanvas-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhippocanvas-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhippocanvas-dev
Install libhippocanvas-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 libhippocanvas-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhippocanvas-dev
How To Uninstall libhippocanvas-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libhippocanvas-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhippocanvas-dev
Uninstall libhippocanvas-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhippocanvas-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhippocanvas-dev
Remove libhippocanvas-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libhippocanvas-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhippocanvas-dev
Remove libhippocanvas-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhippocanvas-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhippocanvas-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhippocanvas-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
