How To Install voltron on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install voltron on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is voltron
voltron is:
Voltron is an extensible debugger UI toolkit written in Python. It aims to improve the user experience of various debuggers (LLDB, GDB, VDB and WinDbg) by enabling the attachment of utility views that can retrieve and display data from the debugger host. By running these views in other TTYs, you can build a customised debugger user interface to suit your needs.
There are three methods to install voltron 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 voltron Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install voltron using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install voltron
Install voltron Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install voltron using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install voltron
Install voltron 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 voltron using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install voltron
How To Uninstall voltron on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the voltron package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove voltron
Uninstall voltron And Its Dependencies
To uninstall voltron and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove voltron
Remove voltron Configurations and Data
To remove voltron configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge voltron
Remove voltron configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove voltron configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge voltron
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install voltron package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
