How To Install libelf1 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libelf1 on Debian 10.
What is libelf1
libelf1 is:
The libelf1 package provides a shared library which allows reading and writing ELF files on a high level. Third party programs depend on this package to read internals of ELF files. The programs of the elfutils package use it also to generate new ELF files.
This library is part of elfutils.
There are three methods to install libelf1 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libelf1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libelf1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libelf1
Install libelf1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libelf1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libelf1
Install libelf1 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libelf1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libelf1
How To Uninstall libelf1 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libelf1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libelf1
Uninstall libelf1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libelf1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libelf1
Remove libelf1 Configurations and Data
To remove libelf1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libelf1
Remove libelf1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libelf1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libelf1
Dependencies
libelf1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libelf1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.