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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libserial-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install libserial-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libserial-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libserial-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 64
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gianfranco Costamagna
Architecture: amd64
Source: libserial
Version: 0.6.0~rc2+svn122-4
Depends: libserial0 (= 0.6.0~rc2+svn122-4)
Suggests: libserial-doc
Filename: pool/universe/libs/libserial/libserial-dev_0.6.0~rc2+svn122-4_amd64.deb
Size: 11390
MD5sum: 784079b1163cac1fb0b710dfa0f57bae
SHA1: 65a64a7a3c548e9bf8c30d4b28cc428a01ef0415
SHA256: e3deeb3e21ce60aca82b951a4ad97daf29744e54422fadabda59fe999b254b18
Description-en: Serial port programming in C++ -- development files
A collection of C++ classes which allow the serial port on POSIX systems to be
accessed like an iostream object. Special functions are provided for setting
various parameters of the serial port such as the baud rate, character size,
flow control and other.
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This package contains the development libraries and headers
Description-md5: ee95edf4acf2fda26a155c4284803616
Homepage: http://libserial.sourceforge.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu