How To Install valabind 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 valabind on Ubuntu.
What is valabind
valabind is:
Valabind is a tool to parse vala or vapi files and transform them into SWIG interface files, C++ source files, GIR or GEAR.
It allows easy, fully automatic generation of language bindings for vala code.
There are three methods to install valabind 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 valabind Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install valabind using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install valabind
Install valabind Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install valabind using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install valabind
Install valabind 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 valabind using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install valabind
How To Uninstall valabind on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the valabind package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove valabind
Uninstall valabind And Its Dependencies
To uninstall valabind and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove valabind
Remove valabind Configurations and Data
To remove valabind configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge valabind
Remove valabind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove valabind configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge valabind
Dependencies
valabind have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install valabind package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.