How to Install lcov software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install lcov software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

lcov software package provides Summarise Code coverage information from GCOV, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install lcov 

lcov is installed in your system.

Make ensure the lcov package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep lcov *

You will get with lcov package name, version, architecture and description in a table

lcov package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Development
Package lcov
Version 1.10-1build1
Description Summarise Code coverage information from GCOV
Sub Section devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove lcov software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?