How To Install libpipeline-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipeline-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libpipeline-dev is pipeline manipulation library (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipeline-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libpipeline-dev

libpipeline-dev is:

This is a C library for setting up and running pipelines of processes, without needing to involve shell command-line parsing which is often error-prone and insecure.

This package contains files needed for developing with libpipeline.

There are three methods to install libpipeline-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 libpipeline-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 libpipeline-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpipeline-dev

Install libpipeline-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpipeline-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpipeline-dev

Install libpipeline-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 libpipeline-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpipeline-dev

How To Uninstall libpipeline-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libpipeline-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpipeline-dev

Uninstall libpipeline-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpipeline-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpipeline-dev

Remove libpipeline-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpipeline-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpipeline-dev

Remove libpipeline-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpipeline-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpipeline-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipeline-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.