How To Install libplanarity-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplanarity-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libplanarity-dev
libplanarity-dev is:
This library contains the reference implementation of the Edge Addition Planarity Algorithm, which is the best linear-time method to embed a planar graph and isolate planarity obstructions.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libplanarity-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 libplanarity-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 libplanarity-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplanarity-dev
Install libplanarity-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplanarity-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplanarity-dev
Install libplanarity-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 libplanarity-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplanarity-dev
How To Uninstall libplanarity-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libplanarity-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplanarity-dev
Uninstall libplanarity-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplanarity-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplanarity-dev
Remove libplanarity-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libplanarity-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplanarity-dev
Remove libplanarity-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplanarity-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplanarity-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplanarity-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
