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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libboost-iostreams-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libboost-iostreams-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libboost-iostreams-dev

2. Uninstall "libboost-iostreams-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libboost-iostreams-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):

$ sudo apt remove libboost-iostreams-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libboost-iostreams-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: libboost-iostreams-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.71.0.0ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/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-iostreams1.71-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-iostreams-dev_1.71.0.0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 3380
MD5sum: 6d5e3dbfbf86a653a3cca56c36168c02
SHA1: c84968347358cdfc90eabe590a74cc6bf735a5a4
SHA256: 3e7124fd724bdb799c24781da1dc5e034286837f5c9a38958481892ffe7ab15c
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/libs/iostreams/
Description: Boost.Iostreams Library development files (default version)
Description-md5: 8ac712ed9dfd6e7ddc96927cd0bf1040