How To Install lxc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lxc-dev
lxc-dev is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
lxc-dev is now replaced by liblxc-dev.
Package: lxc-dev Architecture: all Version: 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/libdevel Source: lxc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 73 Depends: liblxc-dev (>= 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/l/lxc/lxc-dev_4.0.2-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 2452 MD5sum: 4ce325736e6209f0d0630b6478d3661d SHA1: af1d35792561599ec2cefd9bf49079cc0652df4e SHA256: 924664aa64ac674d5ee2c821dedbef5630f0249b017d0adf0e3ffe938020f163 Homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org Description-en: Transitional package - lxc-dev -> liblxc-dev This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
lxc-dev is now replaced by liblxc-dev.
There are three methods to install lxc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lxc-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 lxc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxc-dev
Install lxc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxc-dev
Install lxc-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 lxc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxc-dev
How To Uninstall lxc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lxc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxc-dev
Uninstall lxc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxc-dev
Remove lxc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove lxc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxc-dev
Remove lxc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxc-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxc-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.