How To Install libsolv-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsolv-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libsolv-dev
libsolv-dev is:
This dependency solver code in this package is based on two major, but independent, blocks:
- Using a dictionary approach to store and retrieve package and dependency information.
- Using satisfiability, a well known and researched topic, for resolving package dependencies.
This package contains development files for libsolv.
There are three methods to install libsolv-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsolv-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 libsolv-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsolv-dev
Install libsolv-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsolv-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsolv-dev
Install libsolv-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 libsolv-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsolv-dev
How To Uninstall libsolv-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libsolv-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsolv-dev
Uninstall libsolv-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsolv-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsolv-dev
Remove libsolv-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsolv-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsolv-dev
Remove libsolv-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsolv-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsolv-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsolv-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.