How To Install libphobos-5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libphobos-5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libphobos-5-dev
libphobos-5-dev is:
This is the Phobos standard library that comes with the D2 compiler.
For more information check http://www.dlang.org/phobos/
There are three methods to install libphobos-5-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 libphobos-5-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 libphobos-5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libphobos-5-dev
Install libphobos-5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libphobos-5-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libphobos-5-dev
Install libphobos-5-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 libphobos-5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libphobos-5-dev
How To Uninstall libphobos-5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libphobos-5-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libphobos-5-dev
Uninstall libphobos-5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libphobos-5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libphobos-5-dev
Remove libphobos-5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libphobos-5-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libphobos-5-dev
Remove libphobos-5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libphobos-5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libphobos-5-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libphobos-5-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
