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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libboost-thread-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libboost-thread-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libboost-thread-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libboost-thread-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-thread1.58-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-thread-dev_1.58.0.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 2818
MD5sum: 0769d20dc860732cbcc5e0f335da633d
SHA1: ff7e1c2085bc3c6184e958781ce38ec751622ed1
SHA256: 717783c527effa6af8bee023eaf9fe6318ccec714c6ad24500dc0a604280ca82
Description-en: portable C++ multi-threading (default version)
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection.
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Toolkit for writing C++ programs that execute as multiple,
asynchronous, independent, threads-of-execution. Each thread has its
own machine state including program instruction counter and
registers.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.58).
Description-md5: 90470c2f09b784054079b4b1fb93fef6
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/libs/thread/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m