How To Install gcovr on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcovr on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gcovr
gcovr is:
The gcovr command provides a utility for running the gcov command and summarizing code coverage results. This command is inspired by the Python coverage.py package, which provides a similar utility in Python. Further, gcovr can be viewed as a command-line alternative of the lcov utility, which runs gcov and generates an HTML output.
There are three methods to install gcovr 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 gcovr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gcovr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcovr
Install gcovr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcovr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcovr
Install gcovr 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 gcovr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcovr
How To Uninstall gcovr on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gcovr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcovr
Uninstall gcovr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcovr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcovr
Remove gcovr Configurations and Data
To remove gcovr configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcovr
Remove gcovr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcovr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcovr
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcovr package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
