How to Install libcairo2-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libcairo2-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libcairo2-dev software package provides Development files for the Cairo 2D graphics library, 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 libcairo2-dev 

libcairo2-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libcairo2-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libcairo2-dev *

You will get with libcairo2-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libcairo2-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libcairo2-dev
Version 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1
Description Development files for the Cairo 2D graphics library
Sub Section libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libcairo2-dev software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?