How To Install libcbor-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libcbor-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libcbor-dev is library for parsing and generating CBOR (RFC 7049) (development headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbor-dev on Debian 10.

What is libcbor-dev

libcbor-dev is:

CBOR is a general-purpose schema-less binary data format, defined in RFC 7049. This package provides a C library for parsing and generating CBOR.

This package contains the development headers.

There are three methods to install libcbor-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcbor-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 libcbor-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcbor-dev

Install libcbor-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcbor-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcbor-dev

Install libcbor-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 libcbor-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcbor-dev

How To Uninstall libcbor-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libcbor-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcbor-dev

Uninstall libcbor-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcbor-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcbor-dev

Remove libcbor-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcbor-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcbor-dev

Remove libcbor-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcbor-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcbor-dev

Dependencies

libcbor-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbor-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.