How To Install neard-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install neard-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is neard-dev
neard-dev is:
This package contains header files, pkgconfig support and D-Bus API descriptions for developing neard plugins.
There are three methods to install neard-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 neard-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 neard-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install neard-dev
Install neard-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install neard-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install neard-dev
Install neard-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 neard-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install neard-dev
How To Uninstall neard-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the neard-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove neard-dev
Uninstall neard-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall neard-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove neard-dev
Remove neard-dev Configurations and Data
To remove neard-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge neard-dev
Remove neard-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove neard-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neard-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install neard-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.