How to Install libgcrypt20-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libgcrypt20-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libgcrypt20-dev software package provides LGPL Crypto 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 libgcrypt20-dev 

libgcrypt20-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libgcrypt20-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libgcrypt20-dev *

You will get with libgcrypt20-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libgcrypt20-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Library development
Package libgcrypt20-dev
Version 1.6.5-2ubuntu0.2 [amd64, i386]
Description LGPL Crypto library - development files
Sub Section Devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libgcrypt20-dev software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?