How To Install bazel-bootstrap-source on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bazel-bootstrap-source on Debian 12.
What is bazel-bootstrap-source
bazel-bootstrap-source is:
Supported build tasks include running compilers and linkers to produce executable programs and libraries, and assembling deployable packages for Android, iOS and other target environments. Bazel is similar to other tools like Make, Ant, Gradle, Buck, Pants and Maven.
This package contains the source code for the bootstrap variant of Bazel and should only be used on systems that do not have the full version of Bazel built yet. This package is required for building certain packages that require Bazel source code in their build process.
There are three methods to install bazel-bootstrap-source on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bazel-bootstrap-source Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bazel-bootstrap-source using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bazel-bootstrap-source
Install bazel-bootstrap-source Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bazel-bootstrap-source using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bazel-bootstrap-source
Install bazel-bootstrap-source 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bazel-bootstrap-source using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bazel-bootstrap-source
How To Uninstall bazel-bootstrap-source on Debian 12
To uninstall only the bazel-bootstrap-source package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bazel-bootstrap-source
Uninstall bazel-bootstrap-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bazel-bootstrap-source and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bazel-bootstrap-source
Remove bazel-bootstrap-source Configurations and Data
To remove bazel-bootstrap-source configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bazel-bootstrap-source
Remove bazel-bootstrap-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bazel-bootstrap-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bazel-bootstrap-source
Dependencies
bazel-bootstrap-source have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bazel-bootstrap-source package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
