How To Install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf
pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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 armhf architecture.
There are three methods to install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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-gnueabihf 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-gnueabihf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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-gnueabihf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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-gnueabihf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf
How To Uninstall pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Uninstall pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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-gnueabihf
Remove pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf Configurations and Data
To remove pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Remove pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
