How To Install abicheck 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 abicheck on Ubuntu.
What is abicheck
abicheck is:
ABIcheck is a tool for checking an application’s compliance with a library’s defined Application Binary Interface (ABI). It relies on ABI definition information contained in the library. Example definitions are given for GNOME and glibc.
There are three methods to install abicheck 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 abicheck Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install abicheck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install abicheck
Install abicheck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install abicheck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install abicheck
Install abicheck 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 abicheck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install abicheck
How To Uninstall abicheck on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the abicheck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove abicheck
Uninstall abicheck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall abicheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove abicheck
Remove abicheck Configurations and Data
To remove abicheck configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge abicheck
Remove abicheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove abicheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge abicheck
Dependencies
abicheck have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install abicheck package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.