How To Install liblog4cplus-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4cplus-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblog4cplus-dev
liblog4cplus-dev is:
log4cplus is a simple to use C++ logging API providing thread-safe, flexible, and arbitrarily granular control over log management and configuration. It is modeled after the Java log4j API.
This package contains the header files and static library for developers.
There are three methods to install liblog4cplus-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 liblog4cplus-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 liblog4cplus-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblog4cplus-dev
Install liblog4cplus-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblog4cplus-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblog4cplus-dev
Install liblog4cplus-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 liblog4cplus-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblog4cplus-dev
How To Uninstall liblog4cplus-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblog4cplus-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblog4cplus-dev
Uninstall liblog4cplus-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblog4cplus-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblog4cplus-dev
Remove liblog4cplus-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblog4cplus-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblog4cplus-dev
Remove liblog4cplus-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblog4cplus-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblog4cplus-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4cplus-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
