How To Install libvmdk-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmdk-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libvmdk-dev
libvmdk-dev is:
libvmdk is a library to access the VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) format.
This package includes the development support files.
There are three methods to install libvmdk-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 libvmdk-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 libvmdk-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvmdk-dev
Install libvmdk-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvmdk-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvmdk-dev
Install libvmdk-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 libvmdk-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvmdk-dev
How To Uninstall libvmdk-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libvmdk-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvmdk-dev
Uninstall libvmdk-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvmdk-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvmdk-dev
Remove libvmdk-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvmdk-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvmdk-dev
Remove libvmdk-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvmdk-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvmdk-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmdk-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.