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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "lcov" package

This is a short guide on how to install lcov on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: lcov
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 402
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry
Architecture: all
Version: 1.12-2
Depends: perl, gcc
Recommends: libgd-gd2-perl
Filename: pool/universe/l/lcov/lcov_1.12-2_all.deb
Size: 92812
MD5sum: 8cbe697593ecdf7231b56907aa30bba7
SHA1: 1ab7c800b5a3dd973914a0e0489c4741e5115faa
SHA256: 9c0783dc615ccb65fca62c6c21fd3b6bf50fc7f8803dd6673c093a0df91a1c61
Description-en: Summarise Code coverage information from GCOV
LCOV is an extension of GCOV, a GNU tool which provides information about
what parts of a program are actually executed (i.e. "covered") while running
a particular test case. The extension consists of a set of Perl scripts
which build on the textual GCOV output to implement the following enhanced
functionality:
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- HTML based output: coverage rates are additionally indicated using bar
graphs and specific colors.
- Support for large projects: overview pages allow quick browsing of
coverage data by providing three levels of detail: directory view,
file view and source code view.
Description-md5: 570ed45e66b332fb729dfa76f03dff58
Homepage: http://ltp.sourceforge.net/coverage/lcov.php
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu