How to Install and Uninstall libgtest-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 05,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libgtest-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libgtest-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libgtest-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libgtest-dev" package

Learn how to uninstall libgtest-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgtest-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libgtest-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.11.0-3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: googletest
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Steve M. Robbins
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1407
Depends: googletest (= 1.11.0-3)
Conflicts: googletest (<= 1.8.0-8)
Replaces: googletest (<= 1.8.0-8)
Filename: pool/universe/g/googletest/libgtest-dev_1.11.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 250406
MD5sum: 0409d017689d493e8393a867c3f02a57
SHA1: 2c3571c670e9b8d36bc92605245282bbca6276b2
SHA256: 43a86daecd536dfc36697053cf2e3351abe4c075f4963607af257faf38893317
SHA512: 1f656e13d3fe48c03556edbefccdd6b0ad8637e2af6d2c12521752bfec03654cf48d4b1a186549b413452731c2c2f76d56cb9eefa8194f4109b97505938f90c6
Homepage: https://github.com/google/googletest
Description: Google's framework for writing C++ tests
Description-md5: 0f57efc74cf16270a96fc2540e04fd16