How To Install libntl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libntl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libntl-dev
libntl-dev is:
NTL is a high-performance, portable C++ library providing data structures and algorithms for manipulating signed, arbitrary length integers, and for vectors, matrices, and polynomials over the integers and over finite fields.
This package contains development files for NTL.
There are three methods to install libntl-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 libntl-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 libntl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libntl-dev
Install libntl-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libntl-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libntl-dev
Install libntl-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 libntl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libntl-dev
How To Uninstall libntl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libntl-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libntl-dev
Uninstall libntl-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libntl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libntl-dev
Remove libntl-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libntl-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libntl-dev
Remove libntl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libntl-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libntl-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libntl-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
