How To Install libzthread-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzthread-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libzthread-dev
libzthread-dev is:
Zthreads is an advanced platform-independent, object-oriented threading and synchronization library. Designed and tested under POSIX & Win32 systems.
It provides several structures for concurrent programming like PoolExecutor, MonitoredQueue, Barriers and much more. Furthermore, structures like Task and Thread are provided for creating threading applications in C++ easier.
This library wraps and interfaces with pthreads, so it is fully compliant.
There are three methods to install libzthread-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 libzthread-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 libzthread-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzthread-dev
Install libzthread-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzthread-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzthread-dev
Install libzthread-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 libzthread-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzthread-dev
How To Uninstall libzthread-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libzthread-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzthread-dev
Uninstall libzthread-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzthread-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzthread-dev
Remove libzthread-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libzthread-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzthread-dev
Remove libzthread-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzthread-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzthread-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzthread-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
