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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libboost-program-options-dev" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libboost-program-options-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libboost-program-options-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libboost-program-options-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: libboost-program-options1.58-dev
Filename: pool/main/b/boost-defaults/libboost-program-options-dev_1.58.0.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 2808
MD5sum: 54a6ddf618db42ca5fc5460dd3e07743
SHA1: dbd73161517f59e88fd005612bfbd2045e774f85
SHA256: 9de70a2100a6b5444baa3a352fcf00686999c19b307efdf1f3a12da3488a87de
Description-en: program options library for C++ (default version)
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection.
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Library to let program developers obtain program options, that is
(name, value) pairs from the user, via conventional methods such as
command line and config file.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.58).
Description-md5: 81ded913fe7a7da1a1f9f754999d37fa
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/libs/program_options/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m