How to Install and Uninstall libboost-filesystem-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "libboost-filesystem-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libboost-filesystem-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libboost-filesystem-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libboost-filesystem-dev package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libboost-filesystem-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.74.0.3ubuntu6
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_1.74.0.3ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 3234
MD5sum: 4764af65e1fab17c2add5fa21968615e
SHA1: 22e2340d5c2db865c297359d0c31e928edfd6540
SHA256: d8a57f1e08dc3bbd736bb4a9160a5ef8d69442ac575ad37456aff89cff60b8ea
SHA512: 7564b0dbf96c02afe84e3d5074d632edaf51e44705dfc86a91cfd7c938e8201e60165c6ac849d03f8d6cee9e229936ecd2db39fd64d673d88073b52d0e6e4e6b
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