How To Install dh-acc on Debian 10

Learn how to install dh-acc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. dh-acc is debhelper addon to compare ABI compatibility of shared C/C++ library versions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-acc on Debian 10.

What is dh-acc

dh-acc is:

dh-acc is an addon to facilitate generating ABI compatibility reports by comparing known ABI dumps with newly build ABI at Debian package build time. Thus providing monitoring and early detection of ABI breaks in shared libraries.

This package provides dh sequence addon and cdbs integration snippet.

There are three methods to install dh-acc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dh-acc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dh-acc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dh-acc

Install dh-acc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dh-acc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dh-acc

Install dh-acc 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dh-acc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dh-acc

How To Uninstall dh-acc on Debian 10

To uninstall only the dh-acc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dh-acc

Uninstall dh-acc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dh-acc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-acc

Remove dh-acc Configurations and Data

To remove dh-acc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dh-acc

Remove dh-acc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dh-acc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-acc

Dependencies

dh-acc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-acc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.