Install swig on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install swig
Learn how to install swig with the command sudo apt-get install swig on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of swig:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: swig
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install swig
Package Details | |
| Package: | swig |
| Version: | 2.0.4+really2.0.4-4ubuntu2 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.swig.org/ |
| Description: | Generate scripting interfaces to C/C++ code SWIG is a compiler that makes it easy to integrate C and C++ code with other languages including Perl, PHP, Tcl, Ruby, Python, Java, Guile, Mzscheme, Chicken, OCaml, Pike, and C#. . Swig takes a set of ANSI C/C++ declarations and generates an interface for them to your favorite scripting language. . This is a dependency package providing the stable version of SWIG. Homepage: http://www.swig.org/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | interpreters |
How to install swig on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If swig is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L swig' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L swig Package `swig' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing swig:
After system update use the following command to install swig:
sudo apt-get install swig
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove swig from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the swig from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the swig following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove swig
Following command is used to remove the swig package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove swig
This will remove swig and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing swig with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge swig
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove swig
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with swig package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.