How To Install libcbf-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbf-dev on Debian 12.
What is libcbf-dev
libcbf-dev is:
CBFLIB is a library of ANSI-C functions providing a simple mechanism for accessing Crystallographic Binary Files (CBF files) and Image-supporting CIF (imgCIF) files. The CBFLIB API is loosely based on the CIFPARSE API for mmCIF files. CBFLIB does not perform any semantic integrity checks and simply provides functions to create, read, modify and write CBF binary data files and imgCIF ASCII data files.
This package contains libraries and header files for program development.
There are three methods to install libcbf-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 libcbf-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 libcbf-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcbf-dev
Install libcbf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcbf-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcbf-dev
Install libcbf-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 libcbf-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcbf-dev
How To Uninstall libcbf-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcbf-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcbf-dev
Uninstall libcbf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcbf-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcbf-dev
Remove libcbf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcbf-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcbf-dev
Remove libcbf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcbf-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcbf-dev
Dependencies
libcbf-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbf-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
