How To Install liblastfm-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. liblastfm-dbg is Debugging symbols for the Last.fm web services library (Qt4 build)

Introduction

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

What is liblastfm-dbg

liblastfm-dbg is:

liblastfm is a collection of C++/Qt4 libraries provided by Last.fm for use with their web services.

This package contains the debugging symbols for the liblastfm libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblastfm-dbg

Install liblastfm-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblastfm-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblastfm-dbg

How To Uninstall liblastfm-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove liblastfm-dbg

Uninstall liblastfm-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblastfm-dbg

Remove liblastfm-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblastfm-dbg

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

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

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

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Summary

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