How To Install autotools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autotools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is autotools-dev
autotools-dev is:
This package installs an up-to-date version of config.guess and config.sub, used by the automake and libtool packages. It provides the canonical copy of those files for other packages as well.
It also documents in /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/README.Debian.gz best practices and guidelines for using autoconf, automake and friends on Debian packages. This is a must-read for any developers packaging software that uses the GNU autotools, or GNU gettext.
Additionally this package provides seamless integration into Debhelper or CDBS, allowing maintainers to easily update config.{guess,sub} files in their packages.
There are three methods to install autotools-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 autotools-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 autotools-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install autotools-dev
Install autotools-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install autotools-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install autotools-dev
Install autotools-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 autotools-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install autotools-dev
How To Uninstall autotools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the autotools-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove autotools-dev
Uninstall autotools-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall autotools-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove autotools-dev
Remove autotools-dev Configurations and Data
To remove autotools-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge autotools-dev
Remove autotools-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove autotools-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autotools-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autotools-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
