How To Install libkrb5-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkrb5-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libkrb5-dev
libkrb5-dev is:
Kerberos is a system for authenticating users and services on a network. Kerberos is a trusted third-party service. That means that there is a third party (the Kerberos server) that is trusted by all the entities on the network (users and services, usually called “principals”).
This is the MIT reference implementation of Kerberos V5.
This package contains the symlinks, headers, and development libraries needed to compile and link programs that use the Kerberos libraries.
Package: libkrb5-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.17-6ubuntu4 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: libdevel Source: krb5 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Sam Hartman [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 176 Depends: krb5-multidev (= 1.17-6ubuntu4) Suggests: krb5-doc Conflicts: heimdal-dev Replaces: krb5-multidev (« 1.8+dfsg~alpha1-3) Filename: pool/main/k/krb5/libkrb5-dev_1.17-6ubuntu4_amd64.deb Size: 11756 MD5sum: 32dcf2fd799f3dde9b971ac5bbe1a634 SHA1: cf84d3ad854a44ec097040cc6bbe914e503c5b94 SHA256: ad832ee7ab22ffc44191ab7fa362794b26fadf233c57c446e04dc8855023b798 Homepage: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/ Description-en: headers and development libraries for MIT Kerberos Kerberos is a system for authenticating users and services on a network. Kerberos is a trusted third-party service. That means that there is a third party (the Kerberos server) that is trusted by all the entities on the network (users and services, usually called “principals”).
This is the MIT reference implementation of Kerberos V5.
This package contains the symlinks, headers, and development libraries needed to compile and link programs that use the Kerberos libraries.
There are three methods to install libkrb5-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 libkrb5-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 libkrb5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkrb5-dev
Install libkrb5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkrb5-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkrb5-dev
Install libkrb5-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 libkrb5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkrb5-dev
How To Uninstall libkrb5-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libkrb5-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkrb5-dev
Uninstall libkrb5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkrb5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkrb5-dev
Remove libkrb5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libkrb5-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkrb5-dev
Remove libkrb5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkrb5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkrb5-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkrb5-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.