How to Install and Uninstall icheck Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "icheck" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install icheck on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall icheck on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                icheck
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the icheck package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: icheck
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 462
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Erinn Clark
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.7-6.2build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), perl (>= 5.22.1-1), perlapi-5.22.1
Filename: pool/universe/i/icheck/icheck_0.9.7-6.2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 65200
MD5sum: 46a3e0451f2858bece6bdfb10e6ed104
SHA1: 458f8b723daf33e600803324597643ab2cb86cc5
SHA256: 06b807e2ced258cf79f80547e315352aad7834ffa3ecc33db1d128b58fa98131
Description-en: C interface ABI/API checker
A tool for statically checking C interfaces for API and ABI
changes. All changes to type declarations that can cause ABI changes
should be detected, along with most API changes.
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icheck is intended for use with libraries, as a method of preventing
ABI drift.
Description-md5: 2d1b0028b8b82b44d54a65a87e7fe39e
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu