How To Install libdw-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdw-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdw-dev
libdw-dev is:
libdw1 provides a library that provides access to DWARF debug information stored inside ELF files.
This package contains development libraries and header files for libdw1.
It also contains a static version of libdw. Only link to the static version for special cases and when you don’t need anything from the ebl backends.
There are three methods to install libdw-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 libdw-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 libdw-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdw-dev
Install libdw-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdw-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdw-dev
Install libdw-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 libdw-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdw-dev
How To Uninstall libdw-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdw-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdw-dev
Uninstall libdw-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdw-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdw-dev
Remove libdw-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdw-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdw-dev
Remove libdw-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdw-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdw-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdw-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
