How To Install libtracker-control-2.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtracker-control-2.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtracker-control-2.0-dev
libtracker-control-2.0-dev is:
This package contains the static libraries and header files needed to link applications with libtracker-control.
libtracker-control provides a library for managing miners, including polling status and progress, pausing, resuming and more.
Tracker is an advanced framework for first class objects with associated metadata and tags. It provides a one stop solution for all metadata, tags, shared object databases, search tools and indexing.
There are three methods to install libtracker-control-2.0-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 libtracker-control-2.0-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 libtracker-control-2.0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtracker-control-2.0-dev
Install libtracker-control-2.0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtracker-control-2.0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtracker-control-2.0-dev
Install libtracker-control-2.0-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 libtracker-control-2.0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtracker-control-2.0-dev
How To Uninstall libtracker-control-2.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtracker-control-2.0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtracker-control-2.0-dev
Uninstall libtracker-control-2.0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtracker-control-2.0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtracker-control-2.0-dev
Remove libtracker-control-2.0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtracker-control-2.0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtracker-control-2.0-dev
Remove libtracker-control-2.0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtracker-control-2.0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtracker-control-2.0-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtracker-control-2.0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
