How To Install liblhasa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblhasa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. liblhasa-dev is lzh decompression library - development files

Introduction

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

What is liblhasa-dev

liblhasa-dev is:

Lhasa is a library for parsing LHA (.lzh) archives and a free replacement for the Unix LHA tool.

Currently it is only possible to read from (ie. decompress) archives; generating (compressing) LHA archives may be an enhancement for future versions. The aim is to be compatible with as many different variants of the LHA file format as possible, including LArc (.lzs) and PMarc (.pma).

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblhasa-dev

Install liblhasa-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblhasa-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblhasa-dev

How To Uninstall liblhasa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove liblhasa-dev

Uninstall liblhasa-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblhasa-dev

Remove liblhasa-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblhasa-dev

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

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

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

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Summary

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