How to Install and Uninstall libboost-filesystem-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libboost-filesystem-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libboost-filesystem-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libboost-filesystem-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libboost-filesystem-dev package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libboost-filesystem-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.74.0.3ubuntu5
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-filesystem1.74-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-filesystem-dev_1.74.0.3ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 3368
MD5sum: b42db874a5f768e150c2b0fe8fadf016
SHA1: bd9c39c28736a0895c2cc21b4d2f22b7235a2cc9
SHA256: b6cc945b6901cd51f4ed02ecccffea3fbe0f3e51b213726267b031edf8df9bfe
SHA512: c7fa6d10d8f408b233c6ba093b5153d5c1e1217df70f5c4fefdcbd8eeaec62a0446ad2cf470946343aab0c2a2e42286b21a1b4dc425ee7a6dc1819b52e45abd2
Homepage: http://boost.org/libs/filesystem/
Description-en: filesystem operations (portable paths, iteration over directories, etc) in C++ (default version)
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection.
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The Boost Filesystem Library provides portable facilities to query and
manipulate paths, files, and directories. The goal is to
facilitate portable script-like operations from within C++ programs.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.74).
Description-md5: 7ebc7a7a27d6f3922f86870fc0c303f8