How To Install libsombok-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsombok-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libsombok-dev is Unicode Text Segmentation library (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsombok-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libsombok-dev

libsombok-dev is:

Sombok library performs Line Breaking Algorithm described in Unicode Standards Annex #14 (UAX #14). East_Asian_Width informative properties defined by Annex #11 (UAX #11) may be concerned to determin breaking positions. This library also implements “default” Grapheme Cluster segmentation described in Annex #29 (UAX #29).

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libsombok-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 libsombok-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 libsombok-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsombok-dev

Install libsombok-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsombok-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsombok-dev

Install libsombok-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 libsombok-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsombok-dev

How To Uninstall libsombok-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libsombok-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsombok-dev

Uninstall libsombok-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsombok-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsombok-dev

Remove libsombok-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libsombok-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsombok-dev

Remove libsombok-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsombok-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsombok-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsombok-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.