How To Install libsparsehash-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsparsehash-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsparsehash-dev
libsparsehash-dev is:
The Google SparseHash project contains several C++ template hash-map implementations in use at Google, with different performance characteristics, including an implementation that optimizes for space and one that optimizes for speed.
There are three methods to install libsparsehash-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 libsparsehash-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 libsparsehash-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsparsehash-dev
Install libsparsehash-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsparsehash-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsparsehash-dev
Install libsparsehash-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 libsparsehash-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsparsehash-dev
How To Uninstall libsparsehash-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsparsehash-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsparsehash-dev
Uninstall libsparsehash-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsparsehash-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsparsehash-dev
Remove libsparsehash-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsparsehash-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsparsehash-dev
Remove libsparsehash-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsparsehash-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsparsehash-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsparsehash-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
