How To Install cwiid-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cwiid-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cwiid-dbg
cwiid-dbg is:
CWiid is a working userspace driver along with various applications implementing event drivers, multiple wiimote connectivity, gesture recognition, and other Wiimote-based functionality.
This package provides the debug symbols needed to debug programs using cwiid.
There are three methods to install cwiid-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 cwiid-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 cwiid-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cwiid-dbg
Install cwiid-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cwiid-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cwiid-dbg
Install cwiid-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 cwiid-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cwiid-dbg
How To Uninstall cwiid-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cwiid-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cwiid-dbg
Uninstall cwiid-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cwiid-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cwiid-dbg
Remove cwiid-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove cwiid-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cwiid-dbg
Remove cwiid-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cwiid-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cwiid-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cwiid-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
