How To Install wraplinux-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wraplinux-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wraplinux-dbg
wraplinux-dbg is:
wraplinux is a tool to wrap an x86 Linux kernel and one or more initrd files into asingle file in ELF or NBI format, as required by some booting protocols.
This package contains the debugging symbols.
There are three methods to install wraplinux-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 wraplinux-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 wraplinux-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wraplinux-dbg
Install wraplinux-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wraplinux-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wraplinux-dbg
Install wraplinux-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 wraplinux-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wraplinux-dbg
How To Uninstall wraplinux-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wraplinux-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wraplinux-dbg
Uninstall wraplinux-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wraplinux-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wraplinux-dbg
Remove wraplinux-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove wraplinux-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wraplinux-dbg
Remove wraplinux-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wraplinux-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wraplinux-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wraplinux-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
