How To Install wcc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcc on Ubuntu 18.04. wcc is Collection of tools to manipulate binaries and shared objects

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is wcc

wcc is:

This tool permits one to manipulate binaries and shared liraries to reuse their API into an external usage, as a relocatable object that can be linked to a new project, or through an interpreter (wsh) to execute internal API directly.

There are three methods to install wcc 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 wcc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wcc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wcc

Install wcc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wcc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wcc

Install wcc 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 wcc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wcc

How To Uninstall wcc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the wcc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wcc

Uninstall wcc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wcc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wcc

Remove wcc Configurations and Data

To remove wcc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wcc

Remove wcc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wcc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wcc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.