How To Install libutempter-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libutempter-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libutempter-dev
libutempter-dev is:
The libutempter library provides interface for terminal emulators such as screen and xterm to record user sessions to utmp and wtmp files.
This package contains development files required to build utempter-based software.
There are three methods to install libutempter-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 libutempter-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 libutempter-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libutempter-dev
Install libutempter-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libutempter-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libutempter-dev
Install libutempter-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 libutempter-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libutempter-dev
How To Uninstall libutempter-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libutempter-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libutempter-dev
Uninstall libutempter-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libutempter-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libutempter-dev
Remove libutempter-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libutempter-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libutempter-dev
Remove libutempter-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libutempter-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libutempter-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libutempter-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
