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

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

libguestfs-dev software package provides guest disk image management system - development headers, 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 libguestfs-dev 

libguestfs-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libguestfs-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Library development
Package libguestfs-dev
Version 1:1.32.2-4ubuntu2
Description guest disk image management system - development headers
Sub Section Devel


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