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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "libboost-random-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libboost-random-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Learn how to uninstall libboost-random-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: libboost-random-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-random1.74-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-random-dev_1.74.0.3ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 3348
MD5sum: 7ec693ff1c5b444498c59003456dd40d
SHA1: 7026a38c8819d772c7567715dd27333b5bcc26da
SHA256: b3e835fcd21bf7a2dec96852e650b2dd4230be4910fb8a021bb6acb89224eee0
SHA512: 342478e6d35410ab85eff5d491773727463e3991ae622beba3de867eece4b03b1fa28b8a0565a3d1d3bf8f8dc0a4bbb7e36613f1d2227f15400290bc59176cb7
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/libs/random/
Description-en: Boost Random Number Library (default version)
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection.
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The Boost Random Number Library (Boost.Random for short) provides a
variety of generators and distributions to produce random numbers
having useful properties, such as uniform distribution.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.74).
Description-md5: 968c9ce4be4fffd5dfc6f966570c1041