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

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

libdevmapper-dev software package provides Linux Kernel Device Mapper header files, 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 libdevmapper-dev 

libdevmapper-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libdevmapper-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libdevmapper-dev
Version 2:1.02.77-6ubuntu2
Description Linux Kernel Device Mapper header files
Sub Section libdevel


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