Installing pybind11-dev on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS
Example of installing pybind11-dev on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS using the command sudo apt-get install pybind11-dev.
Quick installation of pybind11-dev:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: pybind11-dev
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install pybind11-dev
Package Details | |
| Package: | pybind11-dev |
| Version: | 1.8.1-2 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | https://github.com/pybind/pybind11 |
| Description: | seamless operability between C++11 and Python pybind11 is a lightweight header library that exposes C++ types in Python and vice versa, mainly to create Python bindings of existing C++ code. Its goals and syntax are similar to the excellent Boost.Python library by David Abrahams: to minimize boilerplate code in traditional extension modules by inferring type information using compile-time introspection. . This package provides the header-only library. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 17.04 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/libdevel |
How to install pybind11-dev on Ubuntu 17.04?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 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 pybind11-dev is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L pybind11-dev' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L pybind11-dev dpkg-query: package 'pybind11-dev' 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 pybind11-dev:
After system update use the following command to install pybind11-dev:
sudo apt-get install pybind11-dev
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 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 pybind11-dev from Ubuntu 17.04?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the pybind11-dev from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the pybind11-dev following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove pybind11-dev
Following command is used to remove the pybind11-dev package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove pybind11-dev
This will remove pybind11-dev and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing pybind11-dev with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge pybind11-dev
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove pybind11-dev
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with pybind11-dev package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.