How To Install libunwind8 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libunwind8 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libunwind8 is library to determine the call-chain of a program - runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunwind8 on Debian 10.

What is libunwind8

libunwind8 is:

The primary goal of this project is to define a portable and efficient C programming interface (API) to determine the call-chain of a program. The API additionally provides the means to manipulate the preserved (callee-saved) state of each call-frame and to resume execution at any point in the call-chain (non-local goto). The API supports both local (same-process) and remote (across-process) operation. As such, the API is useful in a number of applications.

This package includes the shared libraries

There are three methods to install libunwind8 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libunwind8 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libunwind8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libunwind8

Install libunwind8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libunwind8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libunwind8

Install libunwind8 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libunwind8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libunwind8

How To Uninstall libunwind8 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libunwind8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libunwind8

Uninstall libunwind8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libunwind8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunwind8

Remove libunwind8 Configurations and Data

To remove libunwind8 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libunwind8

Remove libunwind8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libunwind8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunwind8

Dependencies

libunwind8 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunwind8 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.