How To Install elfutils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils on Debian 9.
What is elfutils
elfutils is:
Elfutils is a collection of utilities, including eu-ld (a linker), eu-nm (for listing symbols from object files), eu-size (for listing the section sizes of an object or archive file), eu-strip (for discarding symbols), eu-readelf (to see the raw ELF file structures), and eu-elflint (to check for well-formed ELF files).
There are three methods to install elfutils on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install elfutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install elfutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elfutils
Install elfutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elfutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elfutils
Install elfutils 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 elfutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elfutils
How To Uninstall elfutils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the elfutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elfutils
Uninstall elfutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elfutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elfutils
Remove elfutils Configurations and Data
To remove elfutils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elfutils
Remove elfutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elfutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elfutils
Dependencies
elfutils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.