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