How to Install and Uninstall libelf-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "libelf-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libelf-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libelf-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libelf-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libelf-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libelf-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: elfutils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Kurt Roeckx
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 351
Depends: libelf1 (= 0.165-3ubuntu1.2)
Conflicts: libelfg0-dev
Filename: pool/main/e/elfutils/libelf-dev_0.165-3ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
Size: 54512
MD5sum: 78f2c7f7bf0810130fbf22bdba71aeb7
SHA1: 233047742c872f2aecccbb92283ae8cad96402ff
SHA256: 6209e0e1966ba9b419969d799fc25f48dae600bc2da189a35b032ef2158d1455
SHA512: 2ba28719825a7710dd4ea1cd7248bada33dfc338dce3646f19a2b92a6c6be10e66dd2c3d9f0237977891ea6eb94ddb792004dde680e879acff728db57841d077
Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/
Description-en: libelf1 development libraries and header files
libelf1 provides a shared library which allows reading and writing of ELF
files on a high level.
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This package contains development libraries and header files for libelf1.
Description-md5: 987fe60edac82d9ad80df9bdb9c08f33
Supported: 5y

Package: libelf-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 349
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Kurt Roeckx
Architecture: amd64
Source: elfutils
Version: 0.165-3ubuntu1
Depends: libelf1 (= 0.165-3ubuntu1)
Conflicts: libelfg0-dev
Filename: pool/main/e/elfutils/libelf-dev_0.165-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 54446
MD5sum: fa4dbff9c6d5428d11f3b921b3dd5333
SHA1: 4999a0f472522e10fcc8e53e6432006d65116524
SHA256: a040f3f98df42ce4ecf70dc559e28e7de66a5736d68cf38f36d7c2108962bba6
Description-en: libelf1 development libraries and header files
libelf1 provides a shared library which allows reading and writing of ELF
files on a high level.
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This package contains development libraries and header files for libelf1.
Description-md5: 987fe60edac82d9ad80df9bdb9c08f33
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m