How To Install libprimesieve-dev-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve-dev-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libprimesieve-dev-common
libprimesieve-dev-common is:
primesieve is a free software program and C/C++ library that generates primes using a highly optimized sieve of Eratosthenes implementation. primesieve can generate primes and prime k-tuplets up to nearly 2^64.
See http://primesieve.org/ for more information.
This package provides the headers needed by developers.
There are three methods to install libprimesieve-dev-common 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 libprimesieve-dev-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libprimesieve-dev-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprimesieve-dev-common
Install libprimesieve-dev-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprimesieve-dev-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprimesieve-dev-common
Install libprimesieve-dev-common 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 libprimesieve-dev-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprimesieve-dev-common
How To Uninstall libprimesieve-dev-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libprimesieve-dev-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprimesieve-dev-common
Uninstall libprimesieve-dev-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprimesieve-dev-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprimesieve-dev-common
Remove libprimesieve-dev-common Configurations and Data
To remove libprimesieve-dev-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprimesieve-dev-common
Remove libprimesieve-dev-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprimesieve-dev-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprimesieve-dev-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve-dev-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
