How To Install libecpg-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libecpg-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libecpg-dev is development files for ECPG (Embedded PostgreSQL for C)

Introduction

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

What is libecpg-dev

libecpg-dev is:

This package contains the necessary files to build ECPG (Embedded PostgreSQL for C) programs. It includes the development libraries and the preprocessor program ecpg.

PostgreSQL is an object-relational SQL database management system.

Install this package if you want to write C programs with SQL statements embedded in them (rather than run by an external process).

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

sudo apt-get -y install libecpg-dev

Install libecpg-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libecpg-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libecpg-dev

How To Uninstall libecpg-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libecpg-dev

Uninstall libecpg-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libecpg-dev

Remove libecpg-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libecpg-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libecpg-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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