How To Install shiboken-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shiboken-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is shiboken-dbg
shiboken-dbg is:
Shiboken is a bindings generator for C++ libraries that outputs CPython source code. It collects information from library headers, and then merges modifications and handwritten code defined in the typesystem description.
This package contains the debugging symbols for shiboken and libshiboken.
There are three methods to install shiboken-dbg 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 shiboken-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install shiboken-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shiboken-dbg
Install shiboken-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shiboken-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shiboken-dbg
Install shiboken-dbg 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 shiboken-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shiboken-dbg
How To Uninstall shiboken-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the shiboken-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shiboken-dbg
Uninstall shiboken-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shiboken-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shiboken-dbg
Remove shiboken-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove shiboken-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shiboken-dbg
Remove shiboken-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shiboken-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shiboken-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shiboken-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
