How To Install libdwarf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdwarf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdwarf-dev
libdwarf-dev is:
The libdwarf package provides a library which allows reading/consuming and writing/producing of DWARF debugging information from object files, shared libraries, and executables.
This package contains developer resources for libdwarf. Install it if you want to develop software that uses the libdwarf API.
This library is part of dwarfutils.
There are three methods to install libdwarf-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 libdwarf-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 libdwarf-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdwarf-dev
Install libdwarf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdwarf-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdwarf-dev
Install libdwarf-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 libdwarf-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdwarf-dev
How To Uninstall libdwarf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdwarf-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdwarf-dev
Uninstall libdwarf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdwarf-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdwarf-dev
Remove libdwarf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdwarf-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdwarf-dev
Remove libdwarf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdwarf-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdwarf-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdwarf-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
