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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libboost-thread-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libboost-thread-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libboost-thread-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libboost-thread-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libboost-thread-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libboost-thread-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libboost-thread-dev package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libboost-thread-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.71.0.0ubuntu4
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: 11
Depends: libboost-thread1.71-dev
Filename: pool/main/b/boost-defaults/libboost-thread-dev_1.71.0.0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 3324
MD5sum: 0eb2785c78a582734f0702a81321cd55
SHA1: fbca186b2ac73d76ff7f26693e1696b629c56695
SHA256: 7abd6b20db035793eea4a39df2af4294cfb5a6513687291b685cc3abf8bbf2e0
SHA512: 4a3ae7d8397b78ab7e20a36bfbd4a32e1aedb300d68968f66bd2cefade82da1beed3cbf0326d90caf05ae3afd56b1d045ed26ca82f698288f9a40ce7e31cc226
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/libs/thread/
Description-en: portable C++ multi-threading (default version)
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection.
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Toolkit for writing C++ programs that execute as multiple,
asynchronous, independent, threads-of-execution. Each thread has its
own machine state including program instruction counter and
registers.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.71).
Description-md5: 486fa8813f3d5cd06a1f053370ecede4