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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libwlocate-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libwlocate-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: libwlocate-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 40
Maintainer: Jonathan Riddell
Architecture: amd64
Source: libwlocate
Version: 0.0git20130108-0ubuntu1
Depends: libwlocate0 (= 0.0git20130108-0ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/libw/libwlocate/libwlocate-dev_0.0git20130108-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 5070
MD5sum: 165338f694123ed38a5f1a40458cee22
SHA1: 3932f6565bfb2488e87e18acfd72c31b92780039
SHA256: 845119ee7a03e3c2631c48977f4346cb531fbdd876540c2adebd245833dcd8fb
Description-en: Library for doing location lookup based on free openwlanmap.org data
This library accesses the local WLAN-hardware, checks for
WLAN-networks that are available, accesses the database and returns
the current geographic position or an error code in case localisation
failed
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This package contains the development files.
Description-md5: 6ab08c5eb7a9fefbd9d88c7e5189fec7
Homepage: http://www.openwlanmap.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu