How To Install lto-blacklist on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lto-blacklist on Ubuntu 20.04. lto-blacklist is list of packages not to build with LTO

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lto-blacklist on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is lto-blacklist

lto-blacklist is:

A list of source packages not to build with link time optimization (LTO).

There are three methods to install lto-blacklist 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 lto-blacklist Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lto-blacklist

Install lto-blacklist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lto-blacklist

Install lto-blacklist 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 lto-blacklist using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lto-blacklist

How To Uninstall lto-blacklist on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the lto-blacklist package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lto-blacklist

Uninstall lto-blacklist And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lto-blacklist and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lto-blacklist

Remove lto-blacklist Configurations and Data

To remove lto-blacklist configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lto-blacklist

Remove lto-blacklist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lto-blacklist

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lto-blacklist package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.