Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bear on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is bear
bear is:
Bear records the flags passed to the compiler for each translation unit and
stores them in a JSON file. This file can be used by Clang’s tooling interface
and programs like clang-check to process a translation unit.
cmake supports the generation of JSON compilation databases out of the box.
For any other build system that does not support this, Bear can be used
instead to intercept the invocation of the compiler.
There are three methods to install bear on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bear Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bear using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bear
Install bear Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bear using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bear
Install bear Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bear using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bear
How To Uninstall bear on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the bear package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bear
Uninstall bear And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bear and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bear
Remove bear Configurations and Data
To remove bear configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bear
Remove bear configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bear configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bear
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bear package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
