How to Install and Uninstall gdb Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "gdb" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gdb on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Learn how to uninstall gdb on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 gdb package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: gdb
Architecture: amd64
Version: 14.0.50.20230907-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Héctor Orón Martínez
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 12463
Provides: gdb-minimal (= 14.0.50.20230907-0ubuntu1)
Depends: libbabeltrace1 (>= 1.5.4), libc6 (>= 2.38), libdebuginfod1 (>= 0.180), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.3.0+dfsg), libipt2 (>= 2.0), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20110809), libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpython3.11 (>= 3.11.5), libreadline8 (>= 8.2~beta), libsource-highlight4v5 (>= 3.1.9), libstdc++6 (>= 12), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libxxhash0 (>= 0.6.5), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Recommends: libc-dbg
Suggests: gdb-doc, gdbserver
Conflicts: gdb
Replaces: gdb
Filename: pool/main/g/gdb/gdb_14.0.50.20230907-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 4011818
MD5sum: 8677137127a43d15a738b5a2f7672fe6
SHA1: a61aa32bb377f8008906a6a7f36b1b33653b32f8
SHA256: 13d36afb548f6092970446441b7c7e7810b207b7aef653cd636c5c6a425fac8a
SHA512: bd3850ac4003061e25961884d5e6cda12698238afd3045be6685a482fca07b7d2cfa6ebf92c469a4ed123c6b60a77a48e3b89cbe2f1bbfd9793016d76f35a9c9
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/s/gdb/
Description: GNU Debugger
Description-md5: 4f2b8eb95df2ba7a5b11e0301c48b8e4
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-unity-desktop, edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntucinnamon-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi