How to Install and Uninstall kcov Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "kcov" package

This guide let you learn how to install kcov on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall kcov on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kcov
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kcov package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: kcov
Architecture: amd64
Version: 38+dfsg-1
Built-Using: binutils (= 2.34-1ubuntu1)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alessandro Ghedini
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2854
Depends: python3, libc6 (>= 2.15), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libdw1 (>= 0.127), libelf1 (>= 0.142), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/universe/k/kcov/kcov_38+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 490352
MD5sum: f56da28c0fbb459860cbd11c9d7127f3
SHA1: 2da0a452073dcbaefe3c02581d1bf4d6431aa8af
SHA256: 71a6749e242777ecca2b7ee8bd50400f77eadc3085cf3c203560bf5ba4eadf1c
SHA512: c1307c72a92e1572e539665373cf75e062a3c0f8cd71ceec9816eb258e2756b2ffce2190fe594767c444137eaa9c9c72847974c073289ad3fe19f3c4e933a26b
Homepage: https://simonkagstrom.github.io/kcov/
Description-en: Code coverage analysis using DWARF debugging information
Kcov is a code coverage tester based on bcov by Thomas Neumann. It allows
collecting code coverage information from executables without special
command-line arguments, and continuosly produces output from long-running
applications.
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Kcov, like Bcov, uses DWARF debugging information to make this possible.
Description-md5: 3469e2689626b69ae766ed945b1ddbc5