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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libxapian-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libxapian-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libxapian-dev" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libxapian-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: libxapian-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.14-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: xapian-core
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Olly Betts
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 972
Depends: libxapian30 (= 1.4.14-2), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Suggests: xapian-doc (= 1.4.14-2), xapian-examples (= 1.4.14-2)
Filename: pool/universe/x/xapian-core/libxapian-dev_1.4.14-2_amd64.deb
Size: 85904
MD5sum: c232e01af88478691cf101ea1d68c65c
SHA1: 469df4af8b524564a88ae9f38e3f04071f5587d6
SHA256: 1c1483d6d623d69a04217e80f4256501b40d0ef9e94ebf526a5a2b72f9f38603
Homepage: https://xapian.org/
Description: Development files for Xapian search engine library
Description-md5: be6758fb868bceeed72f590afe9bb6b4