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

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

libgraphviz-dev software package provides graphviz libs and headers against which to build applications, 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 libgraphviz-dev 

libgraphviz-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libgraphviz-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Library development
Package libgraphviz-dev
Version 2.38.0-12ubuntu2
Description graphviz libs and headers against which to build applications
Sub Section Devel


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