How To Install libiec16022-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiec16022-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libiec16022-dev is Development files for the ISO/IEC 16022 barcodes library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiec16022-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libiec16022-dev

libiec16022-dev is:

The library generates a 2d datamatrix/semacode barcode from a parameter or from a file and produces output in various formats (png, eps, ascii-art).

http://www.semapedia.org/ for example uses semacode tags to create real-world “links” to wikipedia articles.

Install this package if you want to develop programs using libiec16022.

There are three methods to install libiec16022-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 libiec16022-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 libiec16022-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libiec16022-dev

Install libiec16022-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libiec16022-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libiec16022-dev

Install libiec16022-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 libiec16022-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libiec16022-dev

How To Uninstall libiec16022-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libiec16022-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libiec16022-dev

Uninstall libiec16022-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libiec16022-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiec16022-dev

Remove libiec16022-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libiec16022-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libiec16022-dev

Remove libiec16022-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libiec16022-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiec16022-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiec16022-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.