How to Install and Uninstall libgflags2v5 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 28,2024

1. Install "libgflags2v5" package

Learn how to install libgflags2v5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libgflags2v5

2. Uninstall "libgflags2v5" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libgflags2v5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libgflags2v5 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libgflags2v5 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libgflags2v5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 281
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Source: gflags
Version: 2.1.2-3
Replaces: libgflags2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Conflicts: libgflags2
Filename: pool/universe/g/gflags/libgflags2v5_2.1.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 54438
MD5sum: ecff968cdfbb670aaf31ae5dc94ec21c
SHA1: 5014841c852a989ccdbbff1ce890b7b15f913a88
SHA256: 752f7b2205642c3a2bbc0a3ce3d4a3fb9fdf4f0ba33265efd9f84f5353d191b4
Description-en: commandline flags module for C++ (shared library)
gflags is a library that implements commandline flags processing. As
such it's a replacement for getopt(). It has increased flexibility,
including built-in support for C++ types like string, and the ability
to define flags in the source file in which they're used.
.
This package contains shared libraries.
Description-md5: 3158fcfaaa9efbf059856a9ef05116d5
Homepage: http://gflags.github.io/gflags/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntu-touch