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

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "libview-dev" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libview-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libview-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 861
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bradley Smith
Architecture: amd64
Source: libview
Version: 0.6.6-2.1ubuntu3
Depends: libview2 (= 0.6.6-2.1ubuntu3), libgtkmm-2.4-dev
Filename: pool/universe/libv/libview/libview-dev_0.6.6-2.1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 95534
MD5sum: 70eea40883395e962867f4a160d3551c
SHA1: 40cd0b117cfa5c9523f4a06a2511ba679acb8733
SHA256: 388dc2918debfb29f1ab6c3b736f77090fa961a1ddc648dd45dcacb4f92465fd
Description-en: VMware's Incredibly Exciting Widgets
libview is VMware's Incredibly Exciting Widgets, a useful collection of
GTK+ widgets used within VMware products, free for everybody's use.
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This library consists of several widgets that are used by VMware in
Workstation and other products and has been given back to the OSS
community. These widgets are under the MIT license and are largely
written in C++ for GTKMM.
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This is the development package.
Description-md5: c0605d8aa8b0d8a380d6766c38798251
Homepage: http://view.sourceforge.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu