How To Install libmowgli-2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmowgli-2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmowgli-2-dev
libmowgli-2-dev is:
Mowgli is a development framework for C (like GLib), which provides high performance and highly flexible algorithms. It can be used as a supplement to GLib (to add additional functions (dictionaries, hashes), or replace some of the slow GLib list manipulation functions), or stand alone. It also provides a powerful hook system and convenient logging for your code, as well as high performance block allocator.
This package contains files needed for development with this library and code examples.
There are three methods to install libmowgli-2-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 libmowgli-2-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 libmowgli-2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmowgli-2-dev
Install libmowgli-2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmowgli-2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmowgli-2-dev
Install libmowgli-2-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 libmowgli-2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmowgli-2-dev
How To Uninstall libmowgli-2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmowgli-2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmowgli-2-dev
Uninstall libmowgli-2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmowgli-2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmowgli-2-dev
Remove libmowgli-2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmowgli-2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmowgli-2-dev
Remove libmowgli-2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmowgli-2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmowgli-2-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmowgli-2-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
