How To Install binstats on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install binstats on Ubuntu 22.04. binstats is Statistics tool for installed programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install binstats on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is binstats

binstats is:

A utility to aid the tidying up of binaries, interpreted scripts, and dynamic libraries. It can find the number and identity of a.out and ELF binaries, plus their debugging symbols status, setuid status, and dynamic library dependence. It can count the number of Java bytecode programs, tally up the main types of scripts, and look for unidentified executable text files.

Also it is able to find any duplicated executable names, unused libraries, binaries with missing libraries, statically linked binaries, and duplicated manual page names.

There are three methods to install binstats on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install binstats Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install binstats

Install binstats Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install binstats using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install binstats

Install binstats 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 binstats using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install binstats

How To Uninstall binstats on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the binstats package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove binstats

Uninstall binstats And Its Dependencies

To uninstall binstats and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove binstats

Remove binstats Configurations and Data

To remove binstats configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge binstats

Remove binstats configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge binstats

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install binstats package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.