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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "libboost-exception-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libboost-exception-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: libboost-exception-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Boost Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: boost-defaults
Version: 1.58.0.1ubuntu1
Depends: libboost-exception1.58-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-exception-dev_1.58.0.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 2792
MD5sum: 40f60a9b3d490f33394519e082a815cb
SHA1: 3a75e339cf3ac2135df6783a1c824d188a768214
SHA256: edd570ebef15bddbf3e5ef85b65d05307613826bad6491088cfddb1bf6829f53
Description-en: library to help write exceptions and handlers (default version)
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection.
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The purpose of Boost Exception is to ease the design of exception
class hierarchies and to help write exception handling and error
reporting code.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.58).
Description-md5: 922d83bc2e972cb4e3b49a96cc832192
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/libs/exception/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu