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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libfdt-dev" package

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


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

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


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

Package: libfdt-dev
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 115
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Hector Oron
Architecture: amd64
Source: device-tree-compiler
Version: 1.4.0+dfsg-2
Depends: libfdt1 (= 1.4.0+dfsg-2)
Filename: pool/main/d/device-tree-compiler/libfdt-dev_1.4.0+dfsg-2_amd64.deb
Size: 20474
MD5sum: 6c1441305cd548d4692bf791544824e4
SHA1: 6d5deea3f16f37268c44b2ea6d5895a0cdc75aa1
SHA256: 1d35778c2db1b5b47123c2ea82ae55f1ae7de1039b1a7e750f98d5484d28599f
Description-en: Flat Device Trees manipulation library - development files
This is a library containing functions for manipulating Flat Device Trees.
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This package contains the files needed for development against libfdt.
Description-md5: ad28e5f86214823e1f8f3d325c48bfcf
Homepage: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/dtc/dtc.git
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m