How To Install cxref on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cxref
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cxref
cxref is:
A program that takes as input a series of C source files and produces a LaTeX or HTML document containing a cross reference of the files/functions/variables in the program, including documentation taken from suitably formatted source code comments. The documentation is stored in the C source file in specially formatted comments, making it simple to maintain. The cross referencing includes lists of functions called, callers of each function, usage of global variables, header file inclusion, macro definitions and type definitions. Works for ANSI C, including many gcc extensions.
There are three methods to install cxref
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cxref Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cxref
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cxref
Install cxref Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cxref
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cxref
Install cxref Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cxref
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cxref
How To Uninstall cxref on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cxref
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cxref
Uninstall cxref And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cxref
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cxref
Remove cxref Configurations and Data
To remove cxref
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cxref
Remove cxref configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cxref
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cxref
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cxref
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.