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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libdiscover-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libdiscover-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libdiscover-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libdiscover-dev" package

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


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

Package: libdiscover-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 771
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: discover
Version: 2.1.2-7ubuntu1
Depends: libdiscover2 (= 2.1.2-7ubuntu1), libexpat1-dev
Filename: pool/universe/d/discover/libdiscover-dev_2.1.2-7ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 68682
MD5sum: 90cadf0b872fc1d88e54411865d8d30c
SHA1: 0e4272126cd65d2428c8f5d45219f6f9bae06d1f
SHA256: 6506be1ee20d70cd31d0b17ba9c96dc3cc1a5329f06a9d93493c7bc15d964f2e
Description-en: hardware identification library development files
libdiscover is a library enabling identification of various PCI,
PCMCIA, and USB devices.
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This package contains the header files and static libraries needed for
development.
Description-md5: 5d30d045780f63a6c98d585b41fa32e8
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m