How To Install libconfig-dev on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libconfig-dev
libconfig-dev is:
This library features a fully reentrant parser and includes bindings for both the C and C++ programming languages. It runs on modern POSIX-compliant systems such as Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X (Darwin), as well as on Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and later (Visual Studio or MinGW).
This library allows parsing, manipulating and writing structured configuration files. Its main features are:
- A fully reentrant parser: Multiple configurations can be parsed in concurrent threads at the same time.
- A simple, structured configuration file format: more readable and compact than XML and more flexible than Windows’ “INI” file format.
- A low-footprint implementation
- Proper documentation.
This package contains the files needed in order to use libconfig in your own programs.
There are three methods to install libconfig-dev on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libconfig-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 libconfig-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libconfig-dev
Install libconfig-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libconfig-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libconfig-dev
Install libconfig-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 libconfig-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libconfig-dev
How To Uninstall libconfig-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libconfig-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libconfig-dev
Uninstall libconfig-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libconfig-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libconfig-dev
Remove libconfig-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libconfig-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libconfig-dev
Remove libconfig-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libconfig-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libconfig-dev
Dependencies
libconfig-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.