How To Install librec-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librec-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. librec-dev is recutils development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librec-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is librec-dev

librec-dev is:

librec is a library containing many useful C routines that applications can use to access recfiles.

This package contains header files and the library needed to develop applications.

There are three methods to install librec-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install librec-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 librec-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librec-dev

Install librec-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librec-dev

Install librec-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 librec-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librec-dev

How To Uninstall librec-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the librec-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librec-dev

Uninstall librec-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librec-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librec-dev

Remove librec-dev Configurations and Data

To remove librec-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librec-dev

Remove librec-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librec-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librec-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.