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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libmecab-dev" package

Learn how to install libmecab-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libmecab-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libmecab-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 3185
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: TSUCHIYA Masatoshi
Architecture: amd64
Source: mecab
Version: 0.996-1.2ubuntu1
Depends: libmecab2 (= 0.996-1.2ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mecab/libmecab-dev_0.996-1.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 313308
MD5sum: 0b5b91ffa165d89b5f686120a3fb23c2
SHA1: 85b10917f6568856c03181afe3f2386c8bc1870b
SHA256: 75acf5ceb96dd1b14ed7ff500b5349d3f9ff026d059a60e2c9e38c2603c629a8
Description-en: Header files of Mecab
This package provides header files which are necessary to development
programs using runtime libraries of Mecab, that is a Japanese
morphological analysis system.
Description-md5: 87197d521c6686e342ae43fe6394b7da
Homepage: http://taku910.github.io/mecab/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu