How To Install librec-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librec-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librec-dev
librec-dev is:
librec is a library containing many useful C routines that applications can use to access recfiles.
This package contains header files and the library needed to develop applications.
There are three methods to install librec-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 librec-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 librec-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librec-dev
Install librec-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librec-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librec-dev
Install librec-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 librec-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librec-dev
How To Uninstall librec-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librec-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librec-dev
Uninstall librec-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librec-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librec-dev
Remove librec-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librec-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librec-dev
Remove librec-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librec-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librec-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librec-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.