How To Install libkyotocabinet-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkyotocabinet-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libkyotocabinet-dev is Straightforward implementation of DBM - development headers

Introduction

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

What is libkyotocabinet-dev

libkyotocabinet-dev is:

Kyoto Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. The database is a simple data file containing records, each is a pair of a key and a value. Every key and value is serial bytes with variable length. Both binary data and character string can be used as a key and a value. Each key must be unique within a database. There is neither concept of data tables nor data types. Records are organized in hash table or B+ tree.

This package contains the development headers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libkyotocabinet-dev

Install libkyotocabinet-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libkyotocabinet-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libkyotocabinet-dev

How To Uninstall libkyotocabinet-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libkyotocabinet-dev

Uninstall libkyotocabinet-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkyotocabinet-dev

Remove libkyotocabinet-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libkyotocabinet-dev

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

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

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

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Summary

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