How To Install libunwind-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunwind-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libunwind-dev is library to determine the call-chain of a program - development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunwind-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libunwind-dev

libunwind-dev is:

The primary goal of this project is to define a portable and efficient C programming interface (API) to determine the call-chain of a program. The API additionally provides the means to manipulate the preserved (callee-saved) state of each call-frame and to resume execution at any point in the call-chain (non-local goto). The API supports both local (same-process) and remote (across-process) operation. As such, the API is useful in a number of applications.

This package includes the development support files.

There are three methods to install libunwind-dev 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 libunwind-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libunwind-dev

Install libunwind-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libunwind-dev

Install libunwind-dev 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 libunwind-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libunwind-dev

How To Uninstall libunwind-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libunwind-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libunwind-dev

Uninstall libunwind-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunwind-dev

Remove libunwind-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libunwind-dev

Remove libunwind-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunwind-dev

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Summary

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