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

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "libboost-filesystem-dev" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libboost-filesystem-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libboost-filesystem-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-filesystem1.58-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-filesystem-dev_1.58.0.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 2826
MD5sum: 80381e9f53ce272670be9b21cea1226f
SHA1: 58f3b84e85b855ef24fcb018535bc57919a85e57
SHA256: 9ee0086246afcf16a0db12cd75e33c99313d8c916b83d0de9f67ad318ff069f9
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 1.58).
Description-md5: b8a84c29088d374142c72b25d422d7f6
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://boost.org/libs/filesystem/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu