How To Install libpurelibc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurelibc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpurelibc-dev
libpurelibc-dev is:
purelibc is an overlay library that converts the glibc, the GNU standard C library, into a pure library, i.e. a library that can upcall instead of running the system calls. With purelibc a process can trace (and virtualize) its own calls. It is used, for instance, by the UMView modules to support the recursion of virtual environments.
purelibc, along with UMView, is part of the View-OS project: http://wiki.virtualsquare.org
This package contains the files needed to compile applications that link purelibc.
There are three methods to install libpurelibc-dev 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 libpurelibc-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 libpurelibc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpurelibc-dev
Install libpurelibc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpurelibc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpurelibc-dev
Install libpurelibc-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpurelibc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpurelibc-dev
How To Uninstall libpurelibc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpurelibc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpurelibc-dev
Uninstall libpurelibc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpurelibc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpurelibc-dev
Remove libpurelibc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpurelibc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpurelibc-dev
Remove libpurelibc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpurelibc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpurelibc-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurelibc-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
