How To Install libwxbase3.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwxbase3.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwxbase3.0-dev
libwxbase3.0-dev is:
wxBase is a collection of C++ classes providing basic data structures (strings, lists, arrays), powerful wxDateTime class for date manipulations, portable wrappers around many OS-specific functions allowing the same program to work for all supported platforms, wxThread class for writing multithreaded programs, and much more.
wxBase currently supports the following platforms: Generic Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, HP-UX, …), Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X.
This package provides the files needed to compile apps using the wxBase library.
There are three methods to install libwxbase3.0-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 libwxbase3.0-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 libwxbase3.0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwxbase3.0-dev
Install libwxbase3.0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwxbase3.0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwxbase3.0-dev
Install libwxbase3.0-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 libwxbase3.0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwxbase3.0-dev
How To Uninstall libwxbase3.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwxbase3.0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwxbase3.0-dev
Uninstall libwxbase3.0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwxbase3.0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwxbase3.0-dev
Remove libwxbase3.0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwxbase3.0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwxbase3.0-dev
Remove libwxbase3.0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwxbase3.0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwxbase3.0-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwxbase3.0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
