How To Install libargs-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libargs-dev on Debian 12.
What is libargs-dev
libargs-dev is:
Args is a simple, small, flexible, header-only C++ argument parssing library.
This is designed to appear somewhat similar to Python’s argparse, but in C++, with static type checking, and hopefully a lot faster (also allowing fully nestable group logic, where Python’s argparse does not).
There are three methods to install libargs-dev 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 libargs-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libargs-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libargs-dev
Install libargs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libargs-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libargs-dev
Install libargs-dev 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 libargs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libargs-dev
How To Uninstall libargs-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libargs-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libargs-dev
Uninstall libargs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libargs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libargs-dev
Remove libargs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libargs-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libargs-dev
Remove libargs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libargs-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libargs-dev
Dependencies
libargs-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libargs-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
