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

Last updated: June 18,2024

1. Install "libboost-program-options-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libboost-program-options-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libboost-program-options-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libboost-program-options-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-program-options-dev package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libboost-program-options-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.74.0.3ubuntu5
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-program-options1.74-dev
Filename: pool/main/b/boost-defaults/libboost-program-options-dev_1.74.0.3ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 3360
MD5sum: 8e8a73e693d209e861bb68dbd365733f
SHA1: 664dae3b6a0c5478e600a80f4b05376d2f33cfb7
SHA256: 84b73d21d0e21fdb56ccddd70c34b9f4c229c4b2a373db282ee9671ed6594b12
SHA512: d8d61b441555040683796519c2a8c409f73be71e4cf053c4f63e46065d889412bc3b4823241aeb2acb8624d4a56a5239fc730408f3e8d344a661ec437ad01995
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/libs/program_options/
Description-en: program options library for C++ (default version)
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection.
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Library to let program developers obtain program options, that is
(name, value) pairs from the user, via conventional methods such as
command line and config file.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.74).
Description-md5: ea5e9f60b4fc4060d7e9d1a83a13af8c