How To Install librados-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librados-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librados-dev
librados-dev is:
RADOS is a reliable, autonomic distributed object storage cluster developed as part of the Ceph distributed storage system. This is a shared library allowing applications to access the distributed object store using a simple file-like interface.
This package contains development files needed for building applications that link against librados2.
There are three methods to install librados-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 librados-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 librados-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librados-dev
Install librados-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librados-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librados-dev
Install librados-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 librados-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librados-dev
How To Uninstall librados-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librados-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librados-dev
Uninstall librados-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librados-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librados-dev
Remove librados-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librados-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librados-dev
Remove librados-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librados-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librados-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librados-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
