How To Install libdaemon0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdaemon0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdaemon0-dbg
libdaemon0-dbg is:
libdaemon is a lightweight C library which eases the writing of UNIX daemons. It consists of the following parts:
- Wrapper around fork() for correct daemonization of a process
- Wrapper around syslog() for simple log output to syslog or STDERR
- An API for writing PID files
- An API for serializing signals into a pipe for use with select() or poll()
- An API for running subprocesses with STDOUT and STDERR redirected to syslog
Routines like these are included in most of the daemon software available. It is not simple to get these done right and code duplication is not acceptable.
This package contains the debugging symbols for libdaemon.
There are three methods to install libdaemon0-dbg 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 libdaemon0-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdaemon0-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdaemon0-dbg
Install libdaemon0-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdaemon0-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdaemon0-dbg
Install libdaemon0-dbg 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 libdaemon0-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdaemon0-dbg
How To Uninstall libdaemon0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdaemon0-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdaemon0-dbg
Uninstall libdaemon0-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdaemon0-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdaemon0-dbg
Remove libdaemon0-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libdaemon0-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdaemon0-dbg
Remove libdaemon0-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdaemon0-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdaemon0-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdaemon0-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
