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

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

libsnappy-dev software package provides fast compression/decompression 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 libsnappy-dev 

libsnappy-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libsnappy-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libsnappy-dev
Version 1.1.0-1ubuntu1
Description fast compression/decompression library (development files)
Sub Section libdevel


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