How To Install abi-tracker on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install abi-tracker on Ubuntu.
What is abi-tracker
abi-tracker is:
abi-tracker generates an ABI (Application Binary Interface) compatibility report for a C or C++ library. The report gets rendered to static HTML pages.
The tool is intended for developers of software libraries and Linux maintainers who are interested in ensuring backward binary compatibility, i.e. allow old applications to run with newer library versions.
abi-tracker requires an input profile for the library in JSON format, which holds various metadata to check ABI compatibility. It can be created manually or automatically generated by the abi-monitor tool.
There are three methods to install abi-tracker on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install abi-tracker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install abi-tracker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install abi-tracker
Install abi-tracker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install abi-tracker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install abi-tracker
Install abi-tracker 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 abi-tracker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install abi-tracker
How To Uninstall abi-tracker on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the abi-tracker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove abi-tracker
Uninstall abi-tracker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall abi-tracker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove abi-tracker
Remove abi-tracker Configurations and Data
To remove abi-tracker configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge abi-tracker
Remove abi-tracker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove abi-tracker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge abi-tracker
Dependencies
abi-tracker have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install abi-tracker package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.