How To Install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi on Ubuntu 18.04. pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi is manage compile and link flags for libraries for armel architecture

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi

pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi 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 armel architecture.

There are three methods to install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi 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 pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi 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-arm-linux-gnueabi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi

Install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi

Install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi 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-arm-linux-gnueabi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi

How To Uninstall pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi

Uninstall pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi

Remove pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi Configurations and Data

To remove pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi

Remove pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.