How To Install abigail-tools on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install abigail-tools on Ubuntu 22.04. abigail-tools is ABI Generic Analysis and Instrumentation Library (tools)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install abigail-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is abigail-tools

abigail-tools is:

This is an interface to the GNU Compiler Collection for the collection and analysis of compiler-generated binaries.

This package contains the tools.

There are three methods to install abigail-tools 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 abigail-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install abigail-tools

Install abigail-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install abigail-tools

Install abigail-tools 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 abigail-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install abigail-tools

How To Uninstall abigail-tools on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the abigail-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove abigail-tools

Uninstall abigail-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove abigail-tools

Remove abigail-tools Configurations and Data

To remove abigail-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge abigail-tools

Remove abigail-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge abigail-tools

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Summary

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