How To Install libstd-rust-1.24 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libstd-rust-1.24 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libstd-rust-1.24
libstd-rust-1.24 is:
Rust is a curly-brace, block-structured expression language. It visually resembles the C language family, but differs significantly in syntactic and semantic details. Its design is oriented toward concerns of “programming in the large”, that is, of creating and maintaining boundaries - both abstract and operational - that preserve large-system integrity, availability and concurrency.
It supports a mixture of imperative procedural, concurrent actor, object-oriented and pure functional styles. Rust also supports generic programming and meta-programming, in both static and dynamic styles.
This package contains the standard Rust libraries, built as dylibs.
There are three methods to install libstd-rust-1.24 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 libstd-rust-1.24 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libstd-rust-1.24 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libstd-rust-1.24
Install libstd-rust-1.24 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libstd-rust-1.24 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libstd-rust-1.24
Install libstd-rust-1.24 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 libstd-rust-1.24 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libstd-rust-1.24
How To Uninstall libstd-rust-1.24 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libstd-rust-1.24 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libstd-rust-1.24
Uninstall libstd-rust-1.24 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libstd-rust-1.24 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstd-rust-1.24
Remove libstd-rust-1.24 Configurations and Data
To remove libstd-rust-1.24 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libstd-rust-1.24
Remove libstd-rust-1.24 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libstd-rust-1.24 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstd-rust-1.24
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libstd-rust-1.24 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
