How To Install liblcgdm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcgdm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. liblcgdm-dev is LCG Data Management common development files

Introduction

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

What is liblcgdm-dev

liblcgdm-dev is:

This package contains common development libraries and header files for LCG Data Management.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblcgdm-dev

Install liblcgdm-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblcgdm-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblcgdm-dev

How To Uninstall liblcgdm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove liblcgdm-dev

Uninstall liblcgdm-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblcgdm-dev

Remove liblcgdm-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblcgdm-dev

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

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

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

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Summary

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