How To Install abigail-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install abigail-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. abigail-doc is ABI Generic Analysis and Instrumentation Library (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install abigail-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is abigail-doc

abigail-doc is:

This is an interface to the GNU Compiler Collection for the collection and analysis of compiler-generated binaries.

This package contains the documentation.

There are three methods to install abigail-doc 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 abigail-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install abigail-doc

Install abigail-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install abigail-doc

Install abigail-doc 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 abigail-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install abigail-doc

How To Uninstall abigail-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the abigail-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove abigail-doc

Uninstall abigail-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove abigail-doc

Remove abigail-doc Configurations and Data

To remove abigail-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge abigail-doc

Remove abigail-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge abigail-doc

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Summary

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