How To Install oxref on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oxref on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is oxref
oxref is:
The program oxref writes to the standard output stream a cross reference of symbols defined in unstripped object files and/or libraries.
It demangles C++ symbols and can (probably) be used for a large range of languages.
Oxref does not interpret the object files and libraries itself, but calls objdump(1) to do so. The output produced by objdump is then filtered by oxref, generating the cross reference listing.
There are three methods to install oxref 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 oxref Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install oxref using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oxref
Install oxref Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install oxref using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oxref
Install oxref 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 oxref using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oxref
How To Uninstall oxref on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the oxref package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oxref
Uninstall oxref And Its Dependencies
To uninstall oxref and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oxref
Remove oxref Configurations and Data
To remove oxref configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oxref
Remove oxref configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove oxref configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oxref
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oxref package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
