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

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "libgsl-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libgsl-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: libgsl-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 6094
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel
Architecture: amd64
Source: gsl
Version: 2.1+dfsg-2
Replaces: gsl-dev, libgsl0 (<= 1.9-4), libgsl0-dev (<= 1.16+dfsg-4)
Provides: libgsl0-dev
Depends: libgsl2 (= 2.1+dfsg-2)
Conflicts: gsl-dev, libgsl0-dev
Filename: pool/main/g/gsl/libgsl-dev_2.1+dfsg-2_amd64.deb
Size: 961816
MD5sum: 27751015e5c6584114a7b9541df60413
SHA1: 2c91f8d06a79ad2d3af9bc9a7d13ade8ea524124
SHA256: e5ccc1d7424128d2908c516a07e876ffb66aabfc31c3db7003a9d4c81b951434
Description-en: GNU Scientific Library (GSL) -- development package
The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of routines for
numerical analysis. The routines are written from scratch by the GSL
team in C, and present a modern API for C programmers, while allowing
wrappers to be written for very high level languages.
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This package contains the header files, static libraries and symbolic
links that developers using GNU GSL will need.
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URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/
Description-md5: 9984710152cbbca3caf2c1e4e16ef6db
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m