How To Install libelf1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libelf1
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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. Task: minimal
There are three methods to install libelf1
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libelf1
Remove libelf1 Configurations and Data
To remove libelf1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libelf1
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.