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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libboost-thread-dev" package

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


    
        
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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

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


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libboost-thread-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-thread1.74-dev
Filename: pool/main/b/boost-defaults/libboost-thread-dev_1.74.0.3ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 3364
MD5sum: 23a1d824bb4ee302a05ef443fb6db7d3
SHA1: 3bc93f5acea09aaf33a01ada73a76dcad9ad85fb
SHA256: e8e38b1f2d34e99c78b890320f028261d68c37a254fb97f035e9374454054bcf
SHA512: 04e923f562eac5fac54cd5a8e115efddf9b622ded19200458637b29b24bd3d31e4ad1fdd7f6f6e06e4c2d9683d10e12f3d6a92401c2c9d1ea9334c40518cbe80
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 1.74).
Description-md5: 8801449b2df875522a0f212cb529d3c6