How To Install libvshadow-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvshadow-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvshadow-dev
libvshadow-dev is:
libvshadow is a library to access the Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) format. The VSS format is used by Windows, as of Vista, to maintain copies of data on a storage media volume.
This package includes the development support files.
There are three methods to install libvshadow-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 libvshadow-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 libvshadow-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvshadow-dev
Install libvshadow-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvshadow-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvshadow-dev
Install libvshadow-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 libvshadow-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvshadow-dev
How To Uninstall libvshadow-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvshadow-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvshadow-dev
Uninstall libvshadow-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvshadow-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvshadow-dev
Remove libvshadow-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvshadow-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvshadow-dev
Remove libvshadow-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvshadow-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvshadow-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvshadow-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
