How To Install libdeflate-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdeflate-dev on Debian 12.
What is libdeflate-dev
libdeflate-dev is:
The supported formats are:
- DEFLATE (raw)
- zlib (a.k.a. DEFLATE with a zlib wrapper)
- gzip (a.k.a. DEFLATE with a gzip wrapper)
libdeflate is heavily optimized. It is significantly faster than the zlib library, both for compression and decompression, and especially on x86 processors. In addition, libdeflate provides optional high compression modes that provide a better compression ratio than the zlib’s “level 9”.
This package provides the development headers.
There are three methods to install libdeflate-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 libdeflate-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 libdeflate-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdeflate-dev
Install libdeflate-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdeflate-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdeflate-dev
Install libdeflate-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 libdeflate-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdeflate-dev
How To Uninstall libdeflate-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libdeflate-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdeflate-dev
Uninstall libdeflate-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdeflate-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdeflate-dev
Remove libdeflate-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdeflate-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdeflate-dev
Remove libdeflate-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdeflate-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdeflate-dev
Dependencies
libdeflate-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdeflate-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
