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

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

libidl-dev software package provides development files for programs that use libIDL, 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 libidl-dev 

libidl-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libidl-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libidl-dev
Version 0.8.14-0.2ubuntu4
Description development files for programs that use libIDL
Sub Section libdevel


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