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

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

libssl-dev software package provides Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - 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 libssl-dev 

libssl-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libssl-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libssl-dev
Version 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.21 [amd64, i38
Description Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files
Sub Section libdevel


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