How To Install libsnapper-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsnapper-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libsnapper-dev
libsnapper-dev is:
Snapper is a tool for Linux filesystem snapshot management. Apart from the obvious creation and deletion of snapshots, it can compare snapshots and revert differences between snapshots. In simple terms, this allows root and non-root users to view older versions of files and revert changes.
This package contains the header files for libsnapper, allowing the development of third-party tools.
There are three methods to install libsnapper-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsnapper-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 libsnapper-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsnapper-dev
Install libsnapper-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsnapper-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsnapper-dev
Install libsnapper-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 libsnapper-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsnapper-dev
How To Uninstall libsnapper-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libsnapper-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsnapper-dev
Uninstall libsnapper-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsnapper-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsnapper-dev
Remove libsnapper-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsnapper-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsnapper-dev
Remove libsnapper-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsnapper-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsnapper-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsnapper-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.