How To Install cross-config on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cross-config
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is cross-config
cross-config is:
This package contains configuration files describing available cross architecture settings for use by autotools along with support for cross-building using CMake and a small number of package-specific cross-building configuration support files.
This package will remain after the deprecated dpkg-cross binary and supporting perl module have been removed.
There are three methods to install cross-config
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 cross-config Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cross-config
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cross-config
Install cross-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cross-config
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cross-config
Install cross-config 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 cross-config
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cross-config
How To Uninstall cross-config on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the cross-config
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cross-config
Uninstall cross-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cross-config
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cross-config
Remove cross-config Configurations and Data
To remove cross-config
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cross-config
Remove cross-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cross-config
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cross-config
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cross-config
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.