How to Install and Uninstall libboost-test-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libboost-test-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libboost-test-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libboost-test-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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-test-dev package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libboost-test-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.71.0.0ubuntu4
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: 11
Depends: libboost-test1.71-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-test-dev_1.71.0.0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 3332
MD5sum: 9963e88f1cacb7c3b96f5bd65dceb2fc
SHA1: 371622485a5536e27b85bdd2e20b73aa16f2df14
SHA256: e95efcfa19440cf8327710bb4df9ef58589fe457cb5d6350ca7ec1728934c4d5
SHA512: ae08ceb624b8cbc0fb373315108c829e632acb76c6c2617399c0283ecd8840192b1dc53315b80a967b8b1fb7f0c379cc870716e99abc0bbef1e9e7e41da5a2ad
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/libs/test/
Description-en: components for writing and executing test suites (default version)
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection. The
library contains several components.
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* Basic execution, error detection, and reporting facility.
* Facilities to monitor program execution and produce error reports.
* Unit test framework to simplify writing test cases.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.71).
Description-md5: 7e49aa3b1000d5dd48a2d8087798c14e