How To Install libparted0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libparted0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libparted0-dev
libparted0-dev is:
GNU Parted is a program that allows you to create, destroy, resize, move, and copy disk partitions. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.
This is a transitional package to ease the migration to the new unversioned libparted-dev package, which should be used in preference.
There are three methods to install libparted0-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 libparted0-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 libparted0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libparted0-dev
Install libparted0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libparted0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libparted0-dev
Install libparted0-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 libparted0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libparted0-dev
How To Uninstall libparted0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libparted0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libparted0-dev
Uninstall libparted0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libparted0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libparted0-dev
Remove libparted0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libparted0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libparted0-dev
Remove libparted0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libparted0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libparted0-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libparted0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
