How to Install and Uninstall hidl-gen Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "hidl-gen" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install hidl-gen on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hidl-gen
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hidl-gen" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall hidl-gen on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: hidl-gen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10.0.0+r36-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: android-platform-system-tools-hidl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Android Tools Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1426
Depends: android-libbase (>= 1:10.0.0+r36), android-libboringssl (>= 10.0.0+r36), android-liblog (>= 1:10.0.0+r36), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 9)
Filename: pool/universe/a/android-platform-system-tools-hidl/hidl-gen_10.0.0+r36-2_amd64.deb
Size: 427864
MD5sum: 93c4ee02f2285b2dd3a93ada1ee78c58
SHA1: a5b1f8e8470fca354bc233afa3a5be3c1f88fdc3
SHA256: df0c639423e043720bbcb6e515f1b4ef62033bdf229e48b4195ace5a6774a670
SHA512: 6b71b2b9838ab7f2191826af75ac5d4e05372b0b292c3c41e189845a2b3247e047384a00aa78dbe8375d232e621adedc9ae73e377148a9a6e01d476774102370
Homepage: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/tools/hidl
Description-en: Compiler for the HIDL
HAL interface definition language or HIDL is an interface description language
(IDL) to specify the interface between a HAL and its users. It allows
specifying types and method calls, collected into interfaces and packages.
More broadly, HIDL is a system for communicating between codebases that may be
compiled independently.
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https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/hidl/
Description-md5: a2919d9707daab352e7769f003bbd5c2