How To Install libmythes-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmythes-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libmythes-dev is simple thesaurus library (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmythes-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libmythes-dev

libmythes-dev is:

MyThes is a simple thesaurus that uses a structured text data file and an index file with binary search to lookup words and phrases and return information on part of speech, meanings, and synonyms

This package contains the static library and header file needed to develop applications using mythes.

There are three methods to install libmythes-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 libmythes-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 libmythes-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmythes-dev

Install libmythes-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmythes-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmythes-dev

Install libmythes-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 libmythes-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmythes-dev

How To Uninstall libmythes-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libmythes-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmythes-dev

Uninstall libmythes-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmythes-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmythes-dev

Remove libmythes-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmythes-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmythes-dev

Remove libmythes-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmythes-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmythes-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmythes-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.