How to Install and Uninstall libi2c-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: February 16,2025

1. Install "libi2c-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libi2c-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libi2c-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libi2c-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libi2c-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libi2c-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libi2c-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.0-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: i2c-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 30
Depends: libi2c0 (= 4.0-2)
Recommends: i2c-tools
Filename: pool/universe/i/i2c-tools/libi2c-dev_4.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 7164
MD5sum: 1b74a9a3b6dd421b42707da684811f50
SHA1: d36586fac4b808aa2d08c94bc47f0003f4c3a833
SHA256: f3fb57186acb3c63a3ec4211b09c9bbfc480d15b55c1086b566456e0b0619ccc
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/utils/i2c-tools/
Description: userspace I2C programming library development files
Description-md5: 8f5b61fd99cc090e2491a891d7300e00