How To Install libvixl5 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvixl5 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libvixl5
libvixl5 is:
Vixl is an AArch32 and AArch64 Runtime Code Generation Library.
It contains three components: assemblers to generate ARM code at runtime, disassemblers that can print any instruction emitted by the assemblers and a simulator that can simulate any instruction emitted by the A64 assembler.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libvixl5 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 libvixl5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvixl5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvixl5
Install libvixl5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvixl5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvixl5
Install libvixl5 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 libvixl5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvixl5
How To Uninstall libvixl5 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libvixl5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvixl5
Uninstall libvixl5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvixl5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvixl5
Remove libvixl5 Configurations and Data
To remove libvixl5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvixl5
Remove libvixl5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvixl5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvixl5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvixl5 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
