How To Install libunwind8 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunwind8 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunwind8
Remove libunwind8 Configurations and Data
To remove libunwind8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunwind8 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
