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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "libgeonames-dev" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgeonames-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgeonames-dev" package

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


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

Package: libgeonames-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 92
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: amd64
Source: geonames
Version: 0.2+16.04.20160321-0ubuntu1
Depends: libgeonames0 (= 0.2+16.04.20160321-0ubuntu1), libglib2.0-dev
Filename: pool/main/g/geonames/libgeonames-dev_0.2+16.04.20160321-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 11770
MD5sum: 3147bc65a1e34562f2b4d0eb62d73f2a
SHA1: 0fff6266eeabb31eb025258508c202990e305c0c
SHA256: 68947e4c02a97a89150230b50f8a2290095a0895d4128d25f5963a87f4550c09
Description-en: geonames - library development files
A library for parsing and querying a local copy of the geonames.org database.
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This package contains the header and development files which are needed to use
the libgeonames library.
Description-md5: 7d22ced8890dc925bfb9bdcaf90ffdd7
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/geonames
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m