How To Install libstreams-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libstreams-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libstreams-dev
libstreams-dev is:
This package is part of Strigi Desktop Search; it contains the Strigi development files for libstreams.
See the ‘strigi-daemon’ package for more information.
There are three methods to install libstreams-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 libstreams-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 libstreams-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libstreams-dev
Install libstreams-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libstreams-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libstreams-dev
Install libstreams-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 libstreams-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libstreams-dev
How To Uninstall libstreams-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libstreams-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libstreams-dev
Uninstall libstreams-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libstreams-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstreams-dev
Remove libstreams-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libstreams-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libstreams-dev
Remove libstreams-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libstreams-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstreams-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libstreams-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.