How To Install libc-devtools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libc-devtools on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libc-devtools
libc-devtools is:
This package contains development tools shipped by the GNU C Library.
- memusage, memusagestat: profile a program’s memory usage
- mtrace: interpret the malloc trace log
- sotruss: trace shared library calls
- sprof: display shared object profiling data
There are three methods to install libc-devtools 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 libc-devtools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libc-devtools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libc-devtools
Install libc-devtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libc-devtools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libc-devtools
Install libc-devtools 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 libc-devtools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libc-devtools
How To Uninstall libc-devtools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libc-devtools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libc-devtools
Uninstall libc-devtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libc-devtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libc-devtools
Remove libc-devtools Configurations and Data
To remove libc-devtools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libc-devtools
Remove libc-devtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libc-devtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libc-devtools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libc-devtools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.