How to Install libapt-pkg-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libapt-pkg-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libapt-pkg-dev software package provides development files for APTs libapt-pkg and libapt-inst, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libapt-pkg-dev 

libapt-pkg-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libapt-pkg-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libapt-pkg-dev *

You will get with libapt-pkg-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libapt-pkg-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libapt-pkg-dev
Version 1.0.1ubuntu2.13 [amd64, i386],
Description development files for APTs libapt-pkg and libapt-inst
Sub Section libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libapt-pkg-dev software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?