How To Install libidl-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libidl-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libidl-dev is development files for programs that use libIDL

Introduction

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

What is libidl-dev

libidl-dev is:

This package contains the header files and libraries needed for developing programs which use libIDL, a small library for creating parse trees of CORBA v2.2 compliant Interface Definition Language (IDL) files, which is a specification for defining interfaces which can be used between different CORBA implementation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libidl-dev

Install libidl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libidl-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libidl-dev

How To Uninstall libidl-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libidl-dev

Uninstall libidl-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libidl-dev

Remove libidl-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libidl-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libidl-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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