How To Install libplymouth-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplymouth-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libplymouth-dev
libplymouth-dev is:
Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process (even before the root filesystem is mounted!) that provides a graphical boot animation while the boot process happens in the background.
This package contains the development files to build Plymouth plugins.
There are three methods to install libplymouth-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 libplymouth-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 libplymouth-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplymouth-dev
Install libplymouth-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplymouth-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplymouth-dev
Install libplymouth-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 libplymouth-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplymouth-dev
How To Uninstall libplymouth-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libplymouth-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplymouth-dev
Uninstall libplymouth-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplymouth-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplymouth-dev
Remove libplymouth-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libplymouth-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplymouth-dev
Remove libplymouth-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplymouth-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplymouth-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplymouth-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
