How To Install abigail-tools on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 349 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install abigail-tools on Ubuntu.
What is abigail-tools
abigail-tools is:
This is an interface to the GNU Compiler Collection for the collection and analysis of compiler-generated binaries.
This package contains the tools.
There are three methods to install abigail-tools 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 abigail-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install abigail-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install abigail-tools
Install abigail-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install abigail-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install abigail-tools
Install abigail-tools 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 abigail-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install abigail-tools
How To Uninstall abigail-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the abigail-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove abigail-tools
Uninstall abigail-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall abigail-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove abigail-tools
Remove abigail-tools Configurations and Data
To remove abigail-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge abigail-tools
Remove abigail-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove abigail-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge abigail-tools
Dependencies
abigail-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install abigail-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.