How To Install libntdb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libntdb-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libntdb-dev
libntdb-dev is:
This is a simple database API. It is modelled after the structure of GDBM. TDB features, unlike GDBM, multiple writers support with appropriate locking and transactions.
ntdb uses a file format that is incompatible with tdb, but the API is similar. It improves performance, adds support for databases larger than 4 Gb, and improves integration with talloc.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libntdb-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 libntdb-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 libntdb-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libntdb-dev
Install libntdb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libntdb-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libntdb-dev
Install libntdb-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 libntdb-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libntdb-dev
How To Uninstall libntdb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libntdb-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libntdb-dev
Uninstall libntdb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libntdb-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libntdb-dev
Remove libntdb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libntdb-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libntdb-dev
Remove libntdb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libntdb-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libntdb-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libntdb-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.