How To Install libradare2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libradare2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libradare2-dev
libradare2-dev is:
The project aims to create a complete, portable, multi-architecture, unix-like toolchain for reverse engineering.
It is composed by an hexadecimal editor (radare) with a wrapped IO layer supporting multiple backends for local/remote files, debugger (OS X, BSD, Linux, W32), stream analyzer, assembler/disassembler (rasm) for x86, ARM, PPC, m68k, Java, MSIL, SPARC, code analysis modules and scripting facilities. A bindiffer named radiff, base converter (rax), shellcode development helper (rasc), a binary information extractor supporting PE, mach0, ELF, class, etc. named rabin, and a block-based hash utility called rahash.
This package provides the devel files from radare2.
There are three methods to install libradare2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libradare2-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 libradare2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libradare2-dev
Install libradare2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libradare2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libradare2-dev
Install libradare2-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 libradare2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libradare2-dev
How To Uninstall libradare2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libradare2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libradare2-dev
Uninstall libradare2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libradare2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libradare2-dev
Remove libradare2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libradare2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libradare2-dev
Remove libradare2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libradare2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libradare2-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libradare2-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.