How To Install libgnatcoll-readline18 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libgnatcoll-readline18 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libgnatcoll-readline18 is GNATColl, general purpose Ada library (readline runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnatcoll-readline18 on Debian 10.

What is libgnatcoll-readline18

libgnatcoll-readline18 is:

The GNAT Component Collection deals with: module tracing, efficient file IO, static string searching (Boyer-Moore), e-mails and mailboxes, Ravenscar tasking profiles, storage pools, JSON, logging, shell scripting. Components relying on external dependencies are distributed in separate packages.

This package contains the runtime shared library for the readline binding.

There are three methods to install libgnatcoll-readline18 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 libgnatcoll-readline18 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnatcoll-readline18 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgnatcoll-readline18

Install libgnatcoll-readline18 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnatcoll-readline18 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgnatcoll-readline18

Install libgnatcoll-readline18 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 libgnatcoll-readline18 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnatcoll-readline18

How To Uninstall libgnatcoll-readline18 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libgnatcoll-readline18 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgnatcoll-readline18

Uninstall libgnatcoll-readline18 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnatcoll-readline18 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnatcoll-readline18

Remove libgnatcoll-readline18 Configurations and Data

To remove libgnatcoll-readline18 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnatcoll-readline18

Remove libgnatcoll-readline18 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgnatcoll-readline18 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnatcoll-readline18

Dependencies

libgnatcoll-readline18 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnatcoll-readline18 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.