How to Install libaio-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libaio-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libaio-dev software package provides Linux kernel AIO access library - development files, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libaio-dev 

libaio-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libaio-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Library development
Package libaio-dev
Version 0.3.110-2
Description Linux kernel AIO access library - development files
Sub Section Devel


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