How To Install libosinfo-1.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosinfo-1.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libosinfo-1.0-dev
libosinfo-1.0-dev is:
libosinfo is a GObject based library API for managing information about operating systems, hypervisors and the (virtual) hardware devices they can support. It includes a database containing device metadata and provides APIs to match/identify optimal devices for deploying an operating system on a hypervisor.
This package contains the development headers and Vala bindings.
There are three methods to install libosinfo-1.0-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 libosinfo-1.0-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 libosinfo-1.0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libosinfo-1.0-dev
Install libosinfo-1.0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libosinfo-1.0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libosinfo-1.0-dev
Install libosinfo-1.0-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 libosinfo-1.0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libosinfo-1.0-dev
How To Uninstall libosinfo-1.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libosinfo-1.0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libosinfo-1.0-dev
Uninstall libosinfo-1.0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libosinfo-1.0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosinfo-1.0-dev
Remove libosinfo-1.0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libosinfo-1.0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libosinfo-1.0-dev
Remove libosinfo-1.0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libosinfo-1.0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosinfo-1.0-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosinfo-1.0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.