How To Install icheck on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icheck on Debian 9.
What is icheck
icheck is:
A tool for statically checking C interfaces for API and ABI changes. All changes to type declarations that can cause ABI changes should be detected, along with most API changes.
icheck is intended for use with libraries, as a method of preventing ABI drift.
There are three methods to install icheck 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 icheck Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icheck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icheck
Install icheck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icheck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icheck
Install icheck 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 icheck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icheck
How To Uninstall icheck on Debian 9
To uninstall only the icheck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icheck
Uninstall icheck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icheck
Remove icheck Configurations and Data
To remove icheck configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icheck
Remove icheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icheck
Dependencies
icheck have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icheck package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.