How To Install liblangtag-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblangtag-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. liblangtag-dev is library to access tags for identifying languages – development

Introduction

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

What is liblangtag-dev

liblangtag-dev is:

liblangtag is an interface library to access/deal with tags for identifying languages, which is described in RFC 5646

This package contains the files needed for doing development with liblangtag.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblangtag-dev

Install liblangtag-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblangtag-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblangtag-dev

How To Uninstall liblangtag-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove liblangtag-dev

Uninstall liblangtag-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblangtag-dev

Remove liblangtag-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblangtag-dev

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

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

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

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Summary

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