How To Install libgnatprj8 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnatprj8 on Ubuntu 22.04. libgnatprj8 is support for programs processing GNAT projects (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnatprj8 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libgnatprj8

libgnatprj8 is:

GNAT projects are human-readable text files used to drive tools building or inspecting lots of source files in several programming languages, like those provided by the gprbuild package.

This package contains the runtime shared library.

There are three methods to install libgnatprj8 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgnatprj8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnatprj8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgnatprj8

Install libgnatprj8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnatprj8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgnatprj8

Install libgnatprj8 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 libgnatprj8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnatprj8

How To Uninstall libgnatprj8 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libgnatprj8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgnatprj8

Uninstall libgnatprj8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnatprj8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnatprj8

Remove libgnatprj8 Configurations and Data

To remove libgnatprj8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnatprj8

Remove libgnatprj8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgnatprj8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnatprj8

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnatprj8 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.