How To Install ant-contrib-cpptasks on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ant-contrib-cpptasks on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ant-contrib-cpptasks
ant-contrib-cpptasks is:
The cc task can compile various source languages and produce executables, shared libraries (aka DLL’s) and static libraries. Compiler adaptors are currently available for C/C++, FORTRAN, MIDL and Windows Resource compilers.
There are three methods to install ant-contrib-cpptasks 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 ant-contrib-cpptasks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ant-contrib-cpptasks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ant-contrib-cpptasks
Install ant-contrib-cpptasks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ant-contrib-cpptasks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ant-contrib-cpptasks
Install ant-contrib-cpptasks 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 ant-contrib-cpptasks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ant-contrib-cpptasks
How To Uninstall ant-contrib-cpptasks on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ant-contrib-cpptasks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ant-contrib-cpptasks
Uninstall ant-contrib-cpptasks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ant-contrib-cpptasks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ant-contrib-cpptasks
Remove ant-contrib-cpptasks Configurations and Data
To remove ant-contrib-cpptasks configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ant-contrib-cpptasks
Remove ant-contrib-cpptasks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ant-contrib-cpptasks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ant-contrib-cpptasks
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ant-contrib-cpptasks package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
