How To Install libelfin-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libelfin-dev on Debian 9. libelfin-dev is C++11 ELF/DWARF parser (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libelfin-dev on Debian 9.

What is libelfin-dev

libelfin-dev is:

Libelfin is a from-scratch C++11 library for reading ELF binaries and DWARFv4 debug information.

Libelfin implements a syntactic layer for DWARF and ELF, but not a semantic layer. Interpreting the information stored in DWARF DIE trees still requires a great deal of understanding of DWARF, but libelfin will make sense of the bytes for you.

This package contains development libraries and header files for libelfin.

There are three methods to install libelfin-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libelfin-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 libelfin-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libelfin-dev

Install libelfin-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libelfin-dev

Install libelfin-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libelfin-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libelfin-dev

How To Uninstall libelfin-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libelfin-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libelfin-dev

Uninstall libelfin-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libelfin-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libelfin-dev

Remove libelfin-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libelfin-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libelfin-dev

Remove libelfin-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libelfin-dev

Dependencies

libelfin-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libelfin-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.