How To Install libdiagnostics0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdiagnostics0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libdiagnostics0 is Logging, unittesting, and runtime diagnostics for C++ - library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdiagnostics0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libdiagnostics0

libdiagnostics0 is:

Diagnostics is a unified framework for code annotation, logging, program monitoring, and unit-testing.

The annotations of diagnostics provide simple trace messages, tracing method entry and exit, checks (which potentially fail), asserts (which should never fail), invariance checking on method entry and exit, and a number of annotations for testing.

The annotations raise events which are can be observed and monitored. Using different loggers, the stream of logging events is used for logging or testing.

The package contains the libraries for running software linked against Diagnostics.

There are three methods to install libdiagnostics0 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 libdiagnostics0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdiagnostics0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdiagnostics0

Install libdiagnostics0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdiagnostics0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdiagnostics0

Install libdiagnostics0 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 libdiagnostics0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdiagnostics0

How To Uninstall libdiagnostics0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libdiagnostics0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdiagnostics0

Uninstall libdiagnostics0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdiagnostics0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdiagnostics0

Remove libdiagnostics0 Configurations and Data

To remove libdiagnostics0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdiagnostics0

Remove libdiagnostics0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdiagnostics0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdiagnostics0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdiagnostics0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.