How To Install libconfig-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libconfig-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libconfig-dev is parsing/manipulation of structured config files (development)

Introduction

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

What is libconfig-dev

libconfig-dev is:

This library features a fully reentrant parser and includes bindings for both the C and C++ programming languages. It runs on modern POSIX-compliant systems such as Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X (Darwin), as well as on Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and later (Visual Studio or MinGW).

This library allows parsing, manipulating and writing structured configuration files. Its main features are:

  • A fully reentrant parser: Multiple configurations can be parsed in concurrent threads at the same time.
  • A simple, structured configuration file format: more readable and compact than XML and more flexible than Windows’ “INI” file format.
  • A low-footprint implementation
  • Proper documentation.

This package contains the files needed in order to use libconfig in your own programs.

There are three methods to install libconfig-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 libconfig-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 libconfig-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libconfig-dev

Install libconfig-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libconfig-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libconfig-dev

How To Uninstall libconfig-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libconfig-dev

Uninstall libconfig-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libconfig-dev

Remove libconfig-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libconfig-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libconfig-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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