How To Install musl-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install musl-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is musl-tools
musl-tools is:
musl is lightweight, fast, simple, free and strives to be correct in the sense of standards-conformance and safety.
This package contains the gcc spec file and the musl-gcc wrapper script to make easy-to-deploy static and minimal dynamically linked programs.
There are three methods to install musl-tools 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 musl-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install musl-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install musl-tools
Install musl-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install musl-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install musl-tools
Install musl-tools 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 musl-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install musl-tools
How To Uninstall musl-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the musl-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove musl-tools
Uninstall musl-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall musl-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove musl-tools
Remove musl-tools Configurations and Data
To remove musl-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge musl-tools
Remove musl-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove musl-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge musl-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install musl-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
