How to Install and Uninstall libboost-filesystem-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "libboost-filesystem-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libboost-filesystem-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libboost-filesystem-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libboost-filesystem-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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-filesystem-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: libboost-filesystem-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.71.0.0ubuntu2
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-filesystem1.71-dev
Filename: pool/main/b/boost-defaults/libboost-filesystem-dev_1.71.0.0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 3420
MD5sum: ad665c3f4ad072a4244ff1d667dc44ab
SHA1: 51d1345bb1496e99cfb3111b8cac53a97458e5a8
SHA256: 1250c111b31cda0c0e24670c3139dc978bf682a27fc20bb0c77293f4d84916a9
Homepage: http://boost.org/libs/filesystem/
Description: filesystem operations (portable paths, iteration over directories, etc) in C++ (default version)
Description-md5: 04f58b4b88473b96bfe2925d920aa1db