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

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

libmcrypt-dev software package provides De-/Encryption Library development 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 libmcrypt-dev 

libmcrypt-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libmcrypt-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libmcrypt-dev
Version 2.5.8-3.1ubuntu1
Description De-/Encryption Library development files
Sub Section libdevel


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