How To Install abicheck on Debian 10

Learn how to install abicheck on Debian 10 with this tutorial. abicheck is binary compatibility checking tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install abicheck on Debian 10.

What is abicheck

abicheck is:

ABIcheck is a tool for checking an application’s compliance with a library’s defined Application Binary Interface (ABI). It relies on ABI definition information contained in the library. Example definitions are given for GNOME and glibc.

There are three methods to install abicheck on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install abicheck Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install abicheck

Install abicheck Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install abicheck

Install abicheck 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 abicheck using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install abicheck

How To Uninstall abicheck on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove abicheck

Uninstall abicheck And Its Dependencies

To uninstall abicheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove abicheck

Remove abicheck Configurations and Data

To remove abicheck configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge abicheck

Remove abicheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge abicheck

Dependencies

abicheck have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install abicheck package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.