How to Install libelf-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libelf-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libelf-dev software package provides libelf1 development libraries and header files, 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 libelf-dev 

libelf-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libelf-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libelf-dev *

You will get with libelf-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libelf-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libelf-dev
Version 0.158-0ubuntu5.2 [amd64, i386]
Description libelf1 development libraries and header files
Sub Section libdevel


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