How To Install libgnatcoll-xref18 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libgnatcoll-xref18 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libgnatcoll-xref18 is GNATColl, general purpose Ada library (XRef runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnatcoll-xref18 on Debian 10.

What is libgnatcoll-xref18

libgnatcoll-xref18 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 XRef extension.

There are three methods to install libgnatcoll-xref18 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-xref18 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-xref18 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgnatcoll-xref18

Install libgnatcoll-xref18 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnatcoll-xref18 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgnatcoll-xref18

Install libgnatcoll-xref18 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-xref18 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnatcoll-xref18

How To Uninstall libgnatcoll-xref18 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libgnatcoll-xref18 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgnatcoll-xref18

Uninstall libgnatcoll-xref18 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnatcoll-xref18 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnatcoll-xref18

Remove libgnatcoll-xref18 Configurations and Data

To remove libgnatcoll-xref18 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnatcoll-xref18

Remove libgnatcoll-xref18 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgnatcoll-xref18 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnatcoll-xref18

Dependencies

libgnatcoll-xref18 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnatcoll-xref18 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.