How To Install libmedimport-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmedimport-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmedimport-dev
libmedimport-dev is:
MED-fichier (Modélisation et Echanges de Données, in English Modelisation and Data Exchange) is a library to store and exchange meshed data or computation results. It uses the HDF5 file format to store the data.
This package contains the header files and static library needed to compile applications that use libmedimport, including C++ applications.
There are three methods to install libmedimport-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 libmedimport-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 libmedimport-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmedimport-dev
Install libmedimport-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmedimport-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmedimport-dev
Install libmedimport-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 libmedimport-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmedimport-dev
How To Uninstall libmedimport-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmedimport-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmedimport-dev
Uninstall libmedimport-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmedimport-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmedimport-dev
Remove libmedimport-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmedimport-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmedimport-dev
Remove libmedimport-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmedimport-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmedimport-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmedimport-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.