How To Install librw-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librw-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librw-dev
librw-dev is:
Compute rank-width and rank-decompositions of graphs. It is based on ideas from “Computing rank-width exactly” by Sang-il Oum, “Sopra una formula numerica” by Ernesto Pascal, “Generation of a Vector from the Lexicographical Index” by B.P. Buckles and M. Lybanon and “Fast additions on masked integers” by Michael D. Adams and David S. Wise.
This package contains the development files for the library.
There are three methods to install librw-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 librw-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 librw-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librw-dev
Install librw-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librw-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librw-dev
Install librw-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 librw-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librw-dev
How To Uninstall librw-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librw-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librw-dev
Uninstall librw-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librw-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librw-dev
Remove librw-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librw-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librw-dev
Remove librw-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librw-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librw-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librw-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
