How To Install libdwarf++0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdwarf++0 on Debian 9. libdwarf++0 is C++11 DWARF parser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdwarf++0 on Debian 9.

What is libdwarf++0

libdwarf++0 is:

Libelfin is a from-scratch C++11 library for reading ELF binaries and DWARFv4 debug information.

Libelfin implements a syntactic layer for DWARF and ELF, but not a semantic layer. Interpreting the information stored in DWARF DIE trees still requires a great deal of understanding of DWARF, but libelfin will make sense of the bytes for you.

This package contains the library to parse DWARFv4 debug information.

There are three methods to install libdwarf++0 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libdwarf++0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdwarf++0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdwarf++0

Install libdwarf++0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdwarf++0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdwarf++0

Install libdwarf++0 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 libdwarf++0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdwarf++0

How To Uninstall libdwarf++0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libdwarf++0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdwarf++0

Uninstall libdwarf++0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdwarf++0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdwarf++0

Remove libdwarf++0 Configurations and Data

To remove libdwarf++0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdwarf++0

Remove libdwarf++0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdwarf++0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdwarf++0

Dependencies

libdwarf++0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdwarf++0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.