How to Install and Uninstall sparse Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "sparse" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install sparse on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "sparse" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall sparse on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sparse package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: sparse
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5.1-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Uwe Kleine-König
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2087
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libllvm4.0 (>= 1:4.0~), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), perl:any
Suggests: sparse-test-inspect
Filename: pool/universe/s/sparse/sparse_0.5.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 321892
MD5sum: b6d93b9d7bdac4290ec677ab15bba3b7
SHA1: a470a83f7fda13df536190e4b9af7f51d1496db8
SHA256: 183e4bcc22cb14b8f6e1d7f136ae31bc862c6f9a4b6e41d016ff9023304b1605
Homepage: https://sparse.wiki.kernel.org/
Description: semantic parser of source files
Description-md5: da8c616b0e917184b61c1bd49923fb4d