How To Install python-pyelftools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyelftools
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pyelftools
python-pyelftools is:
pyelftools is a pure-Python library for parsing and analyzing ELF files and DWARF debugging information. It can be used to query information about compiled binaries and libraries from your Python code.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-pyelftools
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 python-pyelftools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyelftools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyelftools
Install python-pyelftools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyelftools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyelftools
Install python-pyelftools 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 python-pyelftools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyelftools
How To Uninstall python-pyelftools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pyelftools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyelftools
Uninstall python-pyelftools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyelftools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyelftools
Remove python-pyelftools Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyelftools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyelftools
Remove python-pyelftools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyelftools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyelftools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyelftools
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.