libssl1.0-dev about this Ubuntu package..

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 10:25 AM Areeb Khan <biztekareeb at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I'm running a laravel attendize project on my linux ubuntu server. I have
> an issue while downloading PDFs so after a heavy google research I found a
> ubuntu package *libssl1.0-dev* that needs to be downloaded on a server..
> I already have this package but not the -*dev instance* which I have
> mentioned above.. Could you please tell me what the difference is in this
> package? And do I need to install it on ubuntu 16.04  ?
>

This is probably a better discussion for ubuntu-users list.

The -dev version of a package is for developers. It will include things
like source files and header files so you can write a program that uses the
package.

'apt-cache search' will help you find packages. 'apt-cache show' will show
you information about the package. If the package does not meet your needs,
you may need to build it from source.

Ubuntu 16.04 is 7 years old. You are going to see a lot of old packages. It
is going to cause pain as you try to use new features, especially when you
build a package yourself. You should probably upgrade the machine. Ubuntu
22.04 would be a good choice.

Jeff
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