How To Install libabigail-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libabigail-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libabigail-dev
libabigail-dev is:
This is an interface to the GNU Compiler Collection for the collection and analysis of compiler-generated binaries.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libabigail-dev 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 libabigail-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libabigail-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libabigail-dev
Install libabigail-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libabigail-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libabigail-dev
Install libabigail-dev 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 libabigail-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libabigail-dev
How To Uninstall libabigail-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libabigail-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libabigail-dev
Uninstall libabigail-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libabigail-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libabigail-dev
Remove libabigail-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libabigail-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libabigail-dev
Remove libabigail-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libabigail-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libabigail-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libabigail-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.