How To Install libwlocate-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwlocate-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwlocate-dev
libwlocate-dev is:
This library accesses the local WLAN-hardware, checks for WLAN-networks that are available, accesses the database and returns the current geographic position or an error code in case localisation failed
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libwlocate-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 libwlocate-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 libwlocate-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwlocate-dev
Install libwlocate-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwlocate-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwlocate-dev
Install libwlocate-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 libwlocate-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwlocate-dev
How To Uninstall libwlocate-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwlocate-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwlocate-dev
Uninstall libwlocate-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwlocate-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwlocate-dev
Remove libwlocate-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwlocate-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwlocate-dev
Remove libwlocate-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwlocate-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwlocate-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwlocate-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
