How To Install libpt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpt-dev
libpt-dev is:
This package contains the headers and a static version of the library PTLib, which is a moderately large class library that has its genesis many years ago as a method to produce applications to run on both Microsoft Windows and Unix X-Window systems.
There are three methods to install libpt-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 libpt-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 libpt-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpt-dev
Install libpt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpt-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpt-dev
Install libpt-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 libpt-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpt-dev
How To Uninstall libpt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpt-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpt-dev
Uninstall libpt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpt-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpt-dev
Remove libpt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpt-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpt-dev
Remove libpt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpt-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpt-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpt-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
