How To Install uuid-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uuid-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is uuid-dev
uuid-dev is:
The libuuid library generates and parses 128-bit Universally Unique IDs (UUIDs). See RFC 4122 for more information.
This package contains the development environment for the uuid library.
There are three methods to install uuid-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 uuid-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 uuid-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uuid-dev
Install uuid-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uuid-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uuid-dev
Install uuid-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 uuid-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uuid-dev
How To Uninstall uuid-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the uuid-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uuid-dev
Uninstall uuid-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uuid-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uuid-dev
Remove uuid-dev Configurations and Data
To remove uuid-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uuid-dev
Remove uuid-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uuid-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uuid-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uuid-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
