How to Install and Uninstall libboost-filesystem1.71-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "libboost-filesystem1.71-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libboost-filesystem1.71-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libboost-filesystem1.71-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libboost-filesystem1.71-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-filesystem1.71-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: libboost-filesystem1.71-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.71.0-6ubuntu6
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: boost1.71
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Boost Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2412
Depends: libboost1.71-dev (= 1.71.0-6ubuntu6), libboost-filesystem1.71.0 (= 1.71.0-6ubuntu6), libboost-system1.71-dev (= 1.71.0-6ubuntu6)
Conflicts: libboost-filesystem1.42-dev, libboost-filesystem1.46-dev, libboost-filesystem1.48-dev, libboost-filesystem1.49-dev, libboost-filesystem1.50-dev, libboost-filesystem1.52-dev, libboost-filesystem1.53-dev, libboost-filesystem1.54-dev, libboost-filesystem1.55-dev, libboost-filesystem1.57-dev, libboost-filesystem1.58-dev, libboost-filesystem1.60-dev, libboost-filesystem1.61-dev, libboost-filesystem1.62-dev, libboost-filesystem1.63-dev, libboost-filesystem1.65-dev, libboost-filesystem1.67-dev, libboost-filesystem1.70-dev
Filename: pool/main/b/boost1.71/libboost-filesystem1.71-dev_1.71.0-6ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 257680
MD5sum: 29b7f55b609889f398b64a6700a39856
SHA1: 3396e196358410689781208fd1478e03c10b5f0d
SHA256: da22aaab442e137d53befcd47bddc09042c2c188ded1521d9477c823b05fe185
Homepage: http://boost.org/libs/filesystem/
Description: filesystem operations (portable paths, iteration over directories, etc) in C++
Description-md5: 2491b00e1306a35046eca365dc71ba1d