How To Install libcwd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcwd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcwd
libcwd is:
Libcwd is a full-featured, professional, well-documented library to support C++ developers with debugging their applications. It includes support for ostream-based debug output, custom debug channels and devices, powerful memory allocation debugging, run-time sourcefile:linenumber information, and demangled type names of variables.
There are three methods to install libcwd on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcwd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcwd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcwd
Install libcwd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcwd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcwd
Install libcwd 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 libcwd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcwd
How To Uninstall libcwd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcwd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcwd
Uninstall libcwd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcwd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcwd
Remove libcwd Configurations and Data
To remove libcwd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcwd
Remove libcwd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcwd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcwd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcwd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
