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

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "libboost-test-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libboost-test-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libboost-test-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libboost-test-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-test1.58-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-test-dev_1.58.0.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 2830
MD5sum: b714c1b748b2b674b97a525559d6d3d9
SHA1: eeb372cba6661fae5d5a8b053dc5fc7567fc7c1a
SHA256: 7a5dc2605184dde21fa2a23ba64c2fb1d91bcce66dcfc9b7fbce797eb959eac8
Description-en: components for writing and executing test suites (default version)
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection. The
library contains several components.
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* Basic execution, error detection, and reporting facility.
* Facilities to monitor program execution and produce error reports.
* Unit test framework to simplify writing test cases.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.58).
Description-md5: 36641e565091a34bd71d316f96e695c0
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/libs/test/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu