How To Install libkibi-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkibi-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. libkibi-dbg is library for byte prefixes (debugging symbols)

Introduction

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

What is libkibi-dbg

libkibi-dbg is:

This library is designed for formatting sizes in bytes for display. The user can configure a preferred prefix style.

Three different types of byte prefixes can be selected:

  • kB, MB, GB with base 1000 (base10)
  • KiB, MiB, GiB with base 1024 (base2)
  • KB, MB, GB with base 1024 (historic)

This package contains the debugging symbols.

There are three methods to install libkibi-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 libkibi-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 libkibi-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkibi-dbg

Install libkibi-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libkibi-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install libkibi-dbg

How To Uninstall libkibi-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libkibi-dbg

Uninstall libkibi-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkibi-dbg

Remove libkibi-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libkibi-dbg

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

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

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

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Summary

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