How To Install liboobs-1-5-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboobs-1-5-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. liboobs-1-5-dbg is GObject based interface to system-tools-backends - debug symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboobs-1-5-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liboobs-1-5-dbg

liboobs-1-5-dbg is:

Liboobs is a lightweight library that provides a GObject based interface to system-tools-backends. It’s completely abstracted of the communication and authentication details, making it easy for applications to integrate with the system details.

This package contains the debugging symbols.

There are three methods to install liboobs-1-5-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 liboobs-1-5-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 liboobs-1-5-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liboobs-1-5-dbg

Install liboobs-1-5-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liboobs-1-5-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liboobs-1-5-dbg

Install liboobs-1-5-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 liboobs-1-5-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liboobs-1-5-dbg

How To Uninstall liboobs-1-5-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liboobs-1-5-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liboobs-1-5-dbg

Uninstall liboobs-1-5-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liboobs-1-5-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboobs-1-5-dbg

Remove liboobs-1-5-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove liboobs-1-5-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liboobs-1-5-dbg

Remove liboobs-1-5-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liboobs-1-5-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liboobs-1-5-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboobs-1-5-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.