How To Install libwine-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwine-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwine-dev
libwine-dev is:
Wine is a free MS-Windows API implementation. This is still a work in progress and many applications may still not work.
This package provides Wine’s C header files and development libraries.
There are three methods to install libwine-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 libwine-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 libwine-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwine-dev
Install libwine-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwine-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwine-dev
Install libwine-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 libwine-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwine-dev
How To Uninstall libwine-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwine-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwine-dev
Uninstall libwine-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwine-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwine-dev
Remove libwine-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwine-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwine-dev
Remove libwine-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwine-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwine-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwine-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
