How to Install and Uninstall libboost-program-options-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: February 16,2025

1. Install "libboost-program-options-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libboost-program-options-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libboost-program-options-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libboost-program-options-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libboost-program-options-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libboost-program-options-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.65.1.0ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: boost-defaults
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Boost Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 10
Depends: libboost-program-options1.65-dev
Filename: pool/main/b/boost-defaults/libboost-program-options-dev_1.65.1.0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 2940
MD5sum: 2a35071f646f2aa048b47f3322c19ba6
SHA1: ec030ea0910e4a70f7406dde525876df7e74bb86
SHA256: 68dc75cb23f3f7e8ee129d8e9de263ba05b698c3306151a557e6eda8ca06bd4c
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/libs/program_options/
Description: program options library for C++ (default version)
Description-md5: de3a406096ce4fd6291a7cabfd6b2733
Supported: 5y