How To Install liblfc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblfc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblfc-dev
liblfc-dev is:
The LCG File Catalog (LFC) keeps track of the locations of the physical replicas of the logical files in a distributed storage system. This package contains the development libraries and header files for LFC.
There are three methods to install liblfc-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 liblfc-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 liblfc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblfc-dev
Install liblfc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblfc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblfc-dev
Install liblfc-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 liblfc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblfc-dev
How To Uninstall liblfc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblfc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblfc-dev
Uninstall liblfc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblfc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblfc-dev
Remove liblfc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblfc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblfc-dev
Remove liblfc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblfc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblfc-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblfc-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
