How To Install liblog4cxx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4cxx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblog4cxx-dev
liblog4cxx-dev is:
Log4cxx is the C++ port of log4j, a logging framework for JAVA. Log4cxx attempts to mimic log4j usage as much as the language will allow and to be compatible with log4j configuration and output formats.
This package provides the development files.
There are three methods to install liblog4cxx-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 liblog4cxx-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 liblog4cxx-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblog4cxx-dev
Install liblog4cxx-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblog4cxx-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblog4cxx-dev
Install liblog4cxx-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 liblog4cxx-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblog4cxx-dev
How To Uninstall liblog4cxx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblog4cxx-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblog4cxx-dev
Uninstall liblog4cxx-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblog4cxx-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblog4cxx-dev
Remove liblog4cxx-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblog4cxx-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblog4cxx-dev
Remove liblog4cxx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblog4cxx-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblog4cxx-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4cxx-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
