How To Install libvmatch-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmatch-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libvmatch-dev
libvmatch-dev is:
This package contains C development headers and a static library to build custom programs and selector functions utilizing Vmatch. It also includes example source code for selector functions.
There are three methods to install libvmatch-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvmatch-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 libvmatch-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvmatch-dev
Install libvmatch-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvmatch-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvmatch-dev
Install libvmatch-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 libvmatch-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvmatch-dev
How To Uninstall libvmatch-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libvmatch-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvmatch-dev
Uninstall libvmatch-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvmatch-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvmatch-dev
Remove libvmatch-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvmatch-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvmatch-dev
Remove libvmatch-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvmatch-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvmatch-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmatch-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.