How To Install libhidrd0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhidrd0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. libhidrd0-dbg is detached debugging symbols for libhidrd0

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhidrd0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libhidrd0-dbg

libhidrd0-dbg is:

This package contains detached debugging symbols for the hidrd USB HID interface library. The hidrd package is a library and collection of tools for parsing and generating HID report descriptors. It is an alternative to and in some ways an improvement over the official HID Descriptor Tool.

Native descriptor format is fully supported. An XML format is developed and supported for input and output. Specification example format is supported for output. Output to C source code with specification example format comments is supported. A tool called “hidrd-convert” is implemented and could be used to convert descriptors between formats.

There are three methods to install libhidrd0-dbg 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 libhidrd0-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhidrd0-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhidrd0-dbg

Install libhidrd0-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhidrd0-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhidrd0-dbg

Install libhidrd0-dbg 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 libhidrd0-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhidrd0-dbg

How To Uninstall libhidrd0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libhidrd0-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhidrd0-dbg

Uninstall libhidrd0-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhidrd0-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhidrd0-dbg

Remove libhidrd0-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libhidrd0-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhidrd0-dbg

Remove libhidrd0-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhidrd0-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhidrd0-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhidrd0-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.