How To Install gdb-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdb-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gdb-dbg
gdb-dbg is:
GDB is a source-level debugger, capable of breaking programs at any specific line, displaying variable values, and determining where errors occurred. Currently, gdb supports C, C++, D, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, OpenCL C, Pascal, assembly, Modula-2, Go, and Ada. A must-have for any serious programmer.
This package contains the detached debugging symbols for the GNU GDB. Build-Ids: 1c2d642ffb01d1894d3c7dba050fcd160580a3e1 10503641c7646c8301dab53f1f4ef3ad618c10c3 231ba43591db63488d61bd69e4c9efbd38f973d0
Package: gdb-dbg Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.1-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: debug Source: gdb Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Héctor Orón Martínez [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 49501 Depends: gdb (= 9.1-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/g/gdb/gdb-dbg_9.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 49060852 MD5sum: 333631ecd1c4f4872369e05e944f4b85 SHA1: 04013fa5475dda4092d860329f2e751bcb7a4676 SHA256: 6c4b2e4138f4339e279f8170ba0d18f42445e2ec14fb4ddcf5d6a6c1124fccc4 Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/s/gdb/ Description-en: GNU Debugger (debug package) GDB is a source-level debugger, capable of breaking programs at any specific line, displaying variable values, and determining where errors occurred. Currently, gdb supports C, C++, D, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, OpenCL C, Pascal, assembly, Modula-2, Go, and Ada. A must-have for any serious programmer.
This package contains the detached debugging symbols for the GNU GDB. Build-Ids: 301c38ca3f0045cd503b042faa34385a4a194176 1aa599ff31f65a5455da5c211bb2a5ce33e83577 3a457236b0495d0f5b6a82b5b47a834eccf68a66
There are three methods to install gdb-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gdb-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gdb-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gdb-dbg
Install gdb-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gdb-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gdb-dbg
Install gdb-dbg 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 gdb-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gdb-dbg
How To Uninstall gdb-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gdb-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gdb-dbg
Uninstall gdb-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gdb-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdb-dbg
Remove gdb-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove gdb-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gdb-dbg
Remove gdb-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gdb-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdb-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdb-dbg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
