How To Install swig-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install swig-examples on Ubuntu 18.04. swig-examples is Examples for applications of SWIG

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install swig-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is swig-examples

swig-examples is:

This is a dependency package providing the examples of the default version of SWIG in Debian.

There are three methods to install swig-examples 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 swig-examples Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install swig-examples using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install swig-examples

Install swig-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install swig-examples using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install swig-examples

Install swig-examples 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 swig-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install swig-examples

How To Uninstall swig-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the swig-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove swig-examples

Uninstall swig-examples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall swig-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove swig-examples

Remove swig-examples Configurations and Data

To remove swig-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge swig-examples

Remove swig-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove swig-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swig-examples

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install swig-examples package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.