How To Install libsoprano-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoprano-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsoprano-dev
libsoprano-dev is:
Soprano is a pluggable RDF storage, parsing, and serialization framework based on Qt 4. Soprano is targeted at desktop applications that need to store RDF data. Its API has been optimized for simplicity and ease of use, while its modular structure allows it to use various different RDF storage implementations as its backend.
This package contains development files for building software that uses the Soprano libraries.
There are three methods to install libsoprano-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 libsoprano-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 libsoprano-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsoprano-dev
Install libsoprano-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsoprano-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsoprano-dev
Install libsoprano-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 libsoprano-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsoprano-dev
How To Uninstall libsoprano-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsoprano-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsoprano-dev
Uninstall libsoprano-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsoprano-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsoprano-dev
Remove libsoprano-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsoprano-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsoprano-dev
Remove libsoprano-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsoprano-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsoprano-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoprano-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
