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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libboost-random-dev" package

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


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

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


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

Package: libboost-random-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-random1.58-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-random-dev_1.58.0.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 2790
MD5sum: a534b7ab6bb9479ca5de7c3c4dc7b20c
SHA1: 994d15bb76517f134a7954ff8c468773063a897f
SHA256: 7f5d66df1aa36666826f0257ce60c913b2804b1a0ba9f2b9e60fa93a1a54eb18
Description-en: Boost Random Number Library (default version)
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection.
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The Boost Random Number Library (Boost.Random for short) provides a
variety of generators and distributions to produce random numbers
having useful properties, such as uniform distribution.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.58).
Description-md5: e79ca2b035bd8cc47f821a871ae10ae0
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/libs/random/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu