How To Install nemiver on Ubuntu 20.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nemiver on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is nemiver

nemiver is:

Nemiver is a project to write a standalone graphical debugger that integrates in the GNOME desktop. It features a backend which uses the well known GNU Debugger gdb to debug C/C++ programs.

Nemiver is built with a plugin system that can offer several different perspectives. Currently the only perspective provided is a debugging perspective, but it could be expanded with perspectives added for valgrind, or for profiling tools such as oprofile.

There are three methods to install nemiver 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 nemiver Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nemiver

Install nemiver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nemiver

Install nemiver 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 nemiver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nemiver

How To Uninstall nemiver on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove nemiver

Uninstall nemiver And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nemiver

Remove nemiver Configurations and Data

To remove nemiver configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nemiver

Remove nemiver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nemiver

References

• nemiver website
• nemiver on packages.ubuntu.com

Summary

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