How To Install pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04. pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu is manage compile and link flags for libraries for arm64 architecture

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu

pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu is:

pkg-config is a system for managing library compile and link flags that works with automake and autoconf.

Increasingly libraries ship with “.pc” files that allow querying of the compiler and linker flags needed to use them through the pkg-config(1) program.

This is a dependency package providing cross pkg-config support for the arm64 architecture.

There are three methods to install pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu 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 pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu

Install pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu

Install pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu 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 pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu

How To Uninstall pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu

Uninstall pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu

Remove pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu Configurations and Data

To remove pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu

Remove pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.