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

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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libboost-test-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-test-dev package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libboost-test-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-test1.74-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-test-dev_1.74.0.3ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 3372
MD5sum: c4542aefca1c6e34122785fa5f06db57
SHA1: cad8ea1cba105320409fb11493609a9e1dcf2e27
SHA256: db33de9a01c81be89b86c900f26142038973ca00a6b32a95e9d9249da221acf6
SHA512: 02c564e98f8579c2fee2585d46319d91f77b7aaa7d95b48d476ce83bbb136b79df4ce7c85c9ac3d78805714d1bdffca06723a606542b793ab7aa882ad0313a54
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 1.74).
Description-md5: 8020059930e59d851221a83f1c199d0a