How to Install and Uninstall libgit2-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libgit2-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libgit2-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgit2-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgit2-dev" package

Learn how to uninstall libgit2-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgit2-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgit2-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libgit2-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.24.1-2ubuntu0.2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: libgit2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Russell Sim
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2689
Depends: libgit2-24 (= 0.24.1-2ubuntu0.2), libz-dev, libcurl4-gnutls-dev, libssh2-1-dev, libhttp-parser-dev
Filename: pool/universe/libg/libgit2/libgit2-dev_0.24.1-2ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 627216
MD5sum: 9dbcadcba649ca4c8247e187ff02d9c9
SHA1: 14193321a2babe5ada0837fcb52fa0c6110f4a69
SHA256: ffbd83e606924867b52bcd8b2e2281257f4c53896e4dc08af94c30c605158525
SHA512: 6204d9bfbef42fb4ffdeb4c6d8d689c3d9803efa19e24b962644c6d8ea542cab4aeab5b6adbb69cd02f91d105e529949a3ee4b12459d07a15f1e54c4bb728933
Homepage: http://libgit2.github.com/
Description-en: low-level Git library (development files)
libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git
distributed version control system core methods provided as a
re-entrant link-able library with a solid API.
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This package contains the development files for libgit2.
Description-md5: 0ecd9e5d81e77e4aa1198aab98818ccd
Supported: 3y

Package: libgit2-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 2689
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Russell Sim
Architecture: amd64
Source: libgit2
Version: 0.24.1-2
Depends: libgit2-24 (= 0.24.1-2), libz-dev, libcurl4-gnutls-dev, libssh2-1-dev, libhttp-parser-dev
Filename: pool/universe/libg/libgit2/libgit2-dev_0.24.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 628462
MD5sum: 41bd90051b35e546a76be7a586b3a2df
SHA1: 65c983a5b729ae046bb286fbe35fb2bb4c4f49ea
SHA256: b3f34b026deea0493fa0e97df08700a5a415ec7694c8f95dba0b75a478f2b97c
Description-en: low-level Git library (development files)
libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git
distributed version control system core methods provided as a
re-entrant link-able library with a solid API.
.
This package contains the development files for libgit2.
Description-md5: 0ecd9e5d81e77e4aa1198aab98818ccd
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://libgit2.github.com/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m