How To Install libopenthreads-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenthreads-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopenthreads-dev
libopenthreads-dev is:
This library is intended to provide a minimal & complete Object-Oriented (OO) thread interface for C++ programmers, used primarily in OpenSceneGraph. It is loosely modeled on the Java thread API, and the POSIX Threads standards.
This package contains the development headers.
There are three methods to install libopenthreads-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 libopenthreads-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 libopenthreads-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenthreads-dev
Install libopenthreads-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenthreads-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenthreads-dev
Install libopenthreads-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 libopenthreads-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenthreads-dev
How To Uninstall libopenthreads-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenthreads-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenthreads-dev
Uninstall libopenthreads-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenthreads-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenthreads-dev
Remove libopenthreads-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopenthreads-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenthreads-dev
Remove libopenthreads-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenthreads-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenthreads-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenthreads-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
