How To Install libcmocka-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmocka-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcmocka-dev
libcmocka-dev is:
This package contains the library development files for CMocka.
The idea of CMocka is that a test application only requires the standard C library and the CMocka library itself to minimize conflicts with standard C headers especially on a lot of different platforms.
Features:
- Easy to use framework to write unit tests
- Support for mock objects
- Testing of memory leaks, buffer overflows and underflows
- Platform and compiler independent
There are three methods to install libcmocka-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 libcmocka-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 libcmocka-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcmocka-dev
Install libcmocka-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcmocka-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcmocka-dev
Install libcmocka-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 libcmocka-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcmocka-dev
How To Uninstall libcmocka-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcmocka-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcmocka-dev
Uninstall libcmocka-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcmocka-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcmocka-dev
Remove libcmocka-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcmocka-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcmocka-dev
Remove libcmocka-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcmocka-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcmocka-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmocka-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
