How To Install bindgen 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 bindgen on Ubuntu.
What is bindgen
bindgen is:
This package contains the following binaries built from the Rust crate “bindgen”:
- bindgen
There are three methods to install bindgen 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 bindgen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bindgen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bindgen
Install bindgen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bindgen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bindgen
Install bindgen 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 bindgen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bindgen
How To Uninstall bindgen on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the bindgen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bindgen
Uninstall bindgen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bindgen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bindgen
Remove bindgen Configurations and Data
To remove bindgen configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bindgen
Remove bindgen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bindgen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bindgen
Dependencies
bindgen have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bindgen package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.