How to Install and Uninstall elfutils Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "elfutils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install elfutils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall elfutils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                elfutils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the elfutils package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: elfutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.183-8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Elfutils Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2784
Depends: libasm1 (>= 0.132), libc6 (>= 2.33), libdw1 (= 0.183-8), libelf1 (= 0.183-8), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Filename: pool/main/e/elfutils/elfutils_0.183-8_amd64.deb
Size: 444320
MD5sum: 85cd25268297e48a0250a7477c6a536e
SHA1: 69103532cf082499af440b78d634508123936ee6
SHA256: 5cb121c4f3ab50f15ed1b6b0b0f0298ebf9a9f3dd1da319379c72ab24bab711d
SHA512: d58d87b536fa218c0bc8f26da7ad7da5e689cc296ac62beca1dc83cfdf7e4c64524717368f89a642b2a7cc5f6d0bd1aebec8e0a525b40aaeee540ce39ede04c3
Homepage: https://sourceware.org/elfutils/
Description-en: collection of utilities to handle ELF objects
Elfutils is a collection of utilities, including eu-ld (a linker),
eu-nm (for listing symbols from object files), eu-size (for listing the
section sizes of an object or archive file), eu-strip (for discarding
symbols), eu-readelf (to see the raw ELF file structures), and eu-elflint
(to check for well-formed ELF files).
Description-md5: f888bb36a86d79063156ad9a0a117cad