How To Install libseafile-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libseafile-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libseafile-dev
libseafile-dev is:
Seafile enables you to build private cloud for file sharing and collaboration among team members in your company/organization. This is the Linux desktop client of the seafile system.
First you create a file library in the web and upload files to it. Then you share it into a team or with another user.
File libraries can also be synchronized among computers and mobile devices. You download a library to your PC. Whenever you add, delete or edit a file, the latest version be uploaded to the server automatically and then be synchronized to everyone’s computer.
This package contains the development libraries.
There are three methods to install libseafile-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 libseafile-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 libseafile-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libseafile-dev
Install libseafile-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libseafile-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libseafile-dev
Install libseafile-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 libseafile-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libseafile-dev
How To Uninstall libseafile-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libseafile-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libseafile-dev
Uninstall libseafile-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libseafile-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libseafile-dev
Remove libseafile-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libseafile-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libseafile-dev
Remove libseafile-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libseafile-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libseafile-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libseafile-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.