How to Install and Uninstall libns3-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libns3-dev" package

Learn how to install libns3-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libns3-dev

2. Uninstall "libns3-dev" package

Learn how to uninstall libns3-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libns3-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libns3-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libns3-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 69590
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Network Simulators Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: ns3
Version: 3.22+dfsg-2build1
Depends: libns3-3v5
Filename: pool/universe/n/ns3/libns3-dev_3.22+dfsg-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 6512460
MD5sum: 2a4725da0af0e6016fa26460cb7f47f8
SHA1: c060d6e87e3d5cfc7af1283e8ff259d388c5796b
SHA256: 9c434c391daf494581691cfd24ebcd71f8adf53bf422e49ea95d39acff08e709
Description-en: Static and header files of ns-3
ns-3 is a discrete-event network simulator for Internet systems,
targeted primarily for research and educational use.
ns-3 is free software, licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license,
and is publicly available for research, development, and use.
ns-3 is intended as an eventual replacement for the popular
ns-2 simulator. The project acronym “nsnam” derives
historically from the concatenation of ns (network simulator)
and NAM (network animator).
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This package contains static libraries, header files.
Description-md5: b04c39395592e83014e68bd13544c81b
Homepage: http://www.nsnam.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu