How To Install libldm-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libldm-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libldm-dev
libldm-dev is:
libldm is a library for managing Microsoft Windows dynamic disks, which use Microsoft’s LDM metadata. It can inspect them, and also create and remove device-mapper block devices which can be mounted.
This package includes the headers
There are three methods to install libldm-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 libldm-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 libldm-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libldm-dev
Install libldm-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libldm-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libldm-dev
Install libldm-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 libldm-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libldm-dev
How To Uninstall libldm-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libldm-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libldm-dev
Uninstall libldm-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libldm-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libldm-dev
Remove libldm-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libldm-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libldm-dev
Remove libldm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libldm-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libldm-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libldm-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.