How To Install librgxg0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librgxg0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. librgxg0-dbg is debugging symbols for librgxg

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librgxg0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is librgxg0-dbg

librgxg0-dbg is:

librgxg is a C library to generate (extended) regular expressions.

It can be useful to generate (extended) regular expressions to match for instance a specific number range (e.g. 0 to 31 or 00 to FF) or all addresses of a CIDR block (e.g. 192.168.0.0/24 or 2001:db8:aaaa::/64).

This package contains the detached debugging symbols. It might be useful in debug sessions of software which uses librgxg.

There are three methods to install librgxg0-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 librgxg0-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 librgxg0-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librgxg0-dbg

Install librgxg0-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librgxg0-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librgxg0-dbg

Install librgxg0-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 librgxg0-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librgxg0-dbg

How To Uninstall librgxg0-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the librgxg0-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librgxg0-dbg

Uninstall librgxg0-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librgxg0-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librgxg0-dbg

Remove librgxg0-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove librgxg0-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librgxg0-dbg

Remove librgxg0-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librgxg0-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librgxg0-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librgxg0-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.