How To Install libprimesieve-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libprimesieve-dev
libprimesieve-dev 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 static library and symbolic links needed for development.
There are three methods to install libprimesieve-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 libprimesieve-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 libprimesieve-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprimesieve-dev
Install libprimesieve-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprimesieve-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprimesieve-dev
Install libprimesieve-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 libprimesieve-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprimesieve-dev
How To Uninstall libprimesieve-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libprimesieve-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprimesieve-dev
Uninstall libprimesieve-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprimesieve-dev 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
Remove libprimesieve-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libprimesieve-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprimesieve-dev
Remove libprimesieve-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprimesieve-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprimesieve-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
