How To Install rustfilt on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rustfilt on Debian 12.
What is rustfilt
rustfilt is:
rustfilt works similarly to c++filt, in that it accepts mangled symbol names as command line arguments, and if none are provided it accepts mangled symbols from stdin. Demangled symbols are written to stdout.
There are three methods to install rustfilt on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rustfilt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rustfilt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rustfilt
Install rustfilt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rustfilt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rustfilt
Install rustfilt 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install rustfilt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rustfilt
How To Uninstall rustfilt on Debian 12
To uninstall only the rustfilt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rustfilt
Uninstall rustfilt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rustfilt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rustfilt
Remove rustfilt Configurations and Data
To remove rustfilt configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rustfilt
Remove rustfilt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rustfilt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rustfilt
Dependencies
rustfilt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rustfilt package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
