How To Install libbinutils-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbinutils-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04. libbinutils-dbg is GNU binary utilities (private shared library, debug symbols) GNU binary utilities (private shared library, debug symbols)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbinutils-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libbinutils-dbg

libbinutils-dbg is:

This package provides debug symbols for libbinutils.

Package: libbinutils-dbg Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.34-6ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: debug Source: binutils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1494 Depends: libbinutils (= 2.34-6ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/libbinutils-dbg_2.34-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1417736 MD5sum: b0a11a80cad0498cc0af6f9b6263b012 SHA1: b7e2b2d6dace052ad9d761625c4fb7ff569003bf SHA256: e580f727a2b8d674ed2e5d543cad62ee544df8179eee38536944210d09ca9cc2 Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ Description-en: GNU binary utilities (private shared library, debug symbols) This package provides debug symbols for libbinutils.

There are three methods to install libbinutils-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 libbinutils-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 libbinutils-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbinutils-dbg

Install libbinutils-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbinutils-dbg

Install libbinutils-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 libbinutils-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbinutils-dbg

How To Uninstall libbinutils-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libbinutils-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbinutils-dbg

Uninstall libbinutils-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbinutils-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbinutils-dbg

Remove libbinutils-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libbinutils-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbinutils-dbg

Remove libbinutils-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbinutils-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbinutils-dbg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.