How To Install libmongo-client-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmongo-client-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libmongo-client-dev
libmongo-client-dev is:
libmongo-client is an alternative C language driver to the MongoDB document-oriented datastore.
This package is needed to compile programs against libmongo-client0, as only it includes the header files and static libraries needed for compiling.
There are three methods to install libmongo-client-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmongo-client-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 libmongo-client-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmongo-client-dev
Install libmongo-client-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmongo-client-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmongo-client-dev
Install libmongo-client-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 libmongo-client-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmongo-client-dev
How To Uninstall libmongo-client-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libmongo-client-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmongo-client-dev
Uninstall libmongo-client-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmongo-client-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmongo-client-dev
Remove libmongo-client-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmongo-client-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmongo-client-dev
Remove libmongo-client-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmongo-client-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmongo-client-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmongo-client-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.