How To Install pybind11-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pybind11-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pybind11-dev
pybind11-dev is:
pybind11 is a lightweight header library that exposes C++ types in Python and vice versa, mainly to create Python bindings of existing C++ code. Its goals and syntax are similar to the excellent Boost.Python library by David Abrahams: to minimize boilerplate code in traditional extension modules by inferring type information using compile-time introspection.
This package provides the header-only library.
There are three methods to install pybind11-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 pybind11-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 pybind11-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pybind11-dev
Install pybind11-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pybind11-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pybind11-dev
Install pybind11-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 pybind11-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pybind11-dev
How To Uninstall pybind11-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pybind11-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pybind11-dev
Uninstall pybind11-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pybind11-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pybind11-dev
Remove pybind11-dev Configurations and Data
To remove pybind11-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pybind11-dev
Remove pybind11-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pybind11-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pybind11-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pybind11-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
