How To Install libqsastime-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqsastime-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libqsastime-dev
libqsastime-dev is:
The qsastime library is a simple library for handling time format conversion. It overcomes the limitations of the POSIX time handling routines by allow high precision time variables over a large range of ranges of dates and by correctly handling leap seconds. It was designed with the needs of scientific data plotting in mind. This package provides the necessary files to do development with libqsastime.
The source code for this library is part of the plplot source package.
There are three methods to install libqsastime-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 libqsastime-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 libqsastime-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqsastime-dev
Install libqsastime-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqsastime-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqsastime-dev
Install libqsastime-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 libqsastime-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqsastime-dev
How To Uninstall libqsastime-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libqsastime-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqsastime-dev
Uninstall libqsastime-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqsastime-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqsastime-dev
Remove libqsastime-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libqsastime-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqsastime-dev
Remove libqsastime-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqsastime-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqsastime-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqsastime-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
