How to Install and Uninstall libboost-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "libboost-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libboost-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libboost-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libboost-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libboost-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libboost-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Boost Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: boost-defaults
Version: 1.58.0.1ubuntu1
Depends: libboost1.58-dev
Suggests: libboost-doc
Filename: pool/main/b/boost-defaults/libboost-dev_1.58.0.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 3134
MD5sum: 199ade205cc8e14a83606cac6fa2738f
SHA1: 1cdf7b6546858c638afe8a34107bdcf4c512b5f7
SHA256: cefe2034089580f7b7605dc296941181b4c7c75e7ef327613bbfb3cb9571fbc3
Description-en: Boost C++ Libraries development files (default version)
The Boost web site provides free, peer-reviewed, portable C++ source
libraries. The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++
Standard Library. One goal is to establish "existing practice" and
provide reference implementations so that the Boost libraries are
suitable for eventual standardization. Some of the libraries have
already been proposed for inclusion in the C++ Standards Committee's
upcoming C++ Standard Library Technical Report.
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This package provides headers for all Boost libraries.
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Extended precision arithmetic package libmpfrc++-dev or libntl-dev is
required to use the Boost.Multiprecision wrapping of the respective
library.
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For the following subprojects separate packages exist: chrono,
date-time, exception filesystem, graph, iostreams, locale, math, mpi,
program_options, python, regex, serialization, signals, system, test,
thread, timer, and wave.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.58).
Description-md5: 29c4020db974efcc0cb3173e9a7d45ab
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev