How To Install cproto on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cproto
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cproto
cproto is:
Cproto is a program that generates function prototypes and variable declarations from C source code. It can also convert function definitions between the old style and the ANSI C style. This conversion overwrites the original files, so make a backup copy of your files in case something goes wrong.
There are three methods to install cproto
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cproto Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cproto
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cproto
Install cproto Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cproto
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cproto
Install cproto 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 cproto
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cproto
How To Uninstall cproto on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cproto
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cproto
Uninstall cproto And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cproto
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cproto
Remove cproto Configurations and Data
To remove cproto
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cproto
Remove cproto configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cproto
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cproto
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cproto
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.