How To Install prelink 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 prelink on Ubuntu.
What is prelink
prelink is:
The prelink package contains a utility which modifies ELF shared libraries and executables, so that far fewer relocations need to be resolved at runtime and thus programs come up faster.
There are three methods to install prelink 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 prelink Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install prelink using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install prelink
Install prelink Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install prelink using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install prelink
Install prelink 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 prelink using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install prelink
How To Uninstall prelink on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the prelink package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove prelink
Uninstall prelink And Its Dependencies
To uninstall prelink and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove prelink
Remove prelink Configurations and Data
To remove prelink configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge prelink
Remove prelink configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove prelink configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prelink
Dependencies
prelink have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prelink package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.