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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libboost-random-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libboost-random-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

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


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libboost-random-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-random1.74-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-random-dev_1.74.0.3ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 3206
MD5sum: e4a2f867ea67a6f46fb770ab573ac11c
SHA1: eae65398c1d46562535dd00f01c23b5017fd66a8
SHA256: c3d3672456a16ba5bd9ed65e2599c08ceb120787e3c7c353e97cb1960c8240d2
SHA512: f81763f3f94bee72a7c0973c143232544da03f725d288e55534e184d302a353e7a4a603c6078b84a160dbb8266be635c90ab87a9c1c5d7d0c4edcc29e147af2c
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