How To Install abi-compliance-checker on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install abi-compliance-checker on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is abi-compliance-checker
abi-compliance-checker is:
abi-compliance-checker can be used to help reduce the possibility of an application crashing when the shared libraries it links against have changed. Signatures and data type definitions from two separate versions of a library are compared by examining the shared objects (.so) files themselves, and by analysing the header files (.h) provided for the two versions of the library and their dependencies.
Shared library developers trying to strive for binary compatibility between releases may also use this tool to detect if an any accidental application binary interface (ABI) changes have been introduced.
The checker may also be used for assessing binary compatibility between different Linux distributions.
There are three methods to install abi-compliance-checker on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install abi-compliance-checker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install abi-compliance-checker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install abi-compliance-checker
Install abi-compliance-checker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install abi-compliance-checker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install abi-compliance-checker
Install abi-compliance-checker 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 abi-compliance-checker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install abi-compliance-checker
How To Uninstall abi-compliance-checker on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the abi-compliance-checker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove abi-compliance-checker
Uninstall abi-compliance-checker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall abi-compliance-checker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove abi-compliance-checker
Remove abi-compliance-checker Configurations and Data
To remove abi-compliance-checker configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge abi-compliance-checker
Remove abi-compliance-checker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove abi-compliance-checker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge abi-compliance-checker
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install abi-compliance-checker package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
