How To Install glibc-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is glibc-tools
glibc-tools is:
This package contains tools and library formerly provided by glibc that either have been deprecated or moved out from the project.
Currently it contains:
- The ’libSigSegv’ library.
- The ‘catchsegv’ script.
There are three methods to install glibc-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 glibc-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 glibc-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glibc-tools
Install glibc-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glibc-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glibc-tools
Install glibc-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 glibc-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glibc-tools
How To Uninstall glibc-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the glibc-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glibc-tools
Uninstall glibc-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glibc-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glibc-tools
Remove glibc-tools Configurations and Data
To remove glibc-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glibc-tools
Remove glibc-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glibc-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glibc-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
