How to Install and Uninstall lcov Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 10,2024

You can also install and uninstall the lcov on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "lcov" package

This is a short guide on how to install lcov on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall lcov on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 lcov package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: lcov
Architecture: all
Version: 1.15-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 434
Depends: perl:any, gcc, libjson-perl, libperlio-gzip-perl
Recommends: libgd-gd2-perl
Filename: pool/universe/l/lcov/lcov_1.15-1_all.deb
Size: 99524
MD5sum: d37d687d1e1a9c3c19628c4f0db4c181
SHA1: 62a6cc585d21fee646a6ce9fc16b3ad06b7d3b49
SHA256: 3b849430a01b446333706b377b87b688dd1a16d317a140336a0d5322f176665e
SHA512: 996c938caaa2b11215f506ae6c8e8c3e0a193eed9d2ecb4e2de319e1c6a1db669182a0c3171e6df2bb349b9bd2ec9317ce404da63ff1fd1481fb3b6f756c3235
Homepage: https://github.com/linux-test-project/lcov.git
Description: Summarise Code coverage information from GCOV
Description-md5: 570ed45e66b332fb729dfa76f03dff58