How To Install gdb-multiarch on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdb-multiarch on Ubuntu 20.04. gdb-multiarch is GNU Debugger (with support for multiple architectures) GNU Debugger (with support for multiple architectures)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdb-multiarch on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gdb-multiarch

gdb-multiarch is:

GDB is a source-level debugger, capable of breaking programs at any specific line, displaying variable values, and determining where errors occurred. Currently, gdb supports C, C++, D, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, OpenCL C, Pascal, assembly, Modula-2, Go, and Ada. A must-have for any serious programmer.

This package contains a version of GDB which supports multiple target architectures.

Package: gdb-multiarch Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.1-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: gdb Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Héctor Orón Martínez [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 14845 Depends: gdb (= 9.1-0ubuntu1), libbabeltrace1 (>= 1.5.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20110809), libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpython3.8 (>= 3.8.0~a1), libreadline8 (>= 8), libstdc++6 (>= 7), libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0) Filename: pool/universe/g/gdb/gdb-multiarch_9.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 3795020 MD5sum: cf33b05faa77e850548b704e6cdcccd7 SHA1: f752d34c03c789eda2d0d78cc1c94fa869ed6c37 SHA256: 2b404f465c0d435986a428775fbe480d64365f9ddd264326448e4d00f8dd4773 Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/s/gdb/ Description-en: GNU Debugger (with support for multiple architectures) GDB is a source-level debugger, capable of breaking programs at any specific line, displaying variable values, and determining where errors occurred. Currently, gdb supports C, C++, D, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, OpenCL C, Pascal, assembly, Modula-2, Go, and Ada. A must-have for any serious programmer.

This package contains a version of GDB which supports multiple target architectures.

There are three methods to install gdb-multiarch on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gdb-multiarch Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gdb-multiarch

Install gdb-multiarch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gdb-multiarch

Install gdb-multiarch 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 gdb-multiarch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gdb-multiarch

How To Uninstall gdb-multiarch on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gdb-multiarch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gdb-multiarch

Uninstall gdb-multiarch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gdb-multiarch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdb-multiarch

Remove gdb-multiarch Configurations and Data

To remove gdb-multiarch configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gdb-multiarch

Remove gdb-multiarch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdb-multiarch

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdb-multiarch package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.