How To Install liblcrq-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install liblcrq-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. liblcrq-dev is librecast RaptorQ library (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcrq-dev on Debian 12.

What is liblcrq-dev

liblcrq-dev is:

C library implementation of RaptorQ Forward Error Correction for Librecast

RFC6330 (IETF) describes the RaptorQ proposed standard, which LCRQ more-or-less follows. The primary focus has been on building a fast, simple and dependency-free FEC implementation for use with Librecast, and not on strict standards compliance. The code does, however, fairly closely follow the RFC.

This package includes the files used for development.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblcrq-dev

Install liblcrq-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblcrq-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblcrq-dev

How To Uninstall liblcrq-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove liblcrq-dev

Uninstall liblcrq-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblcrq-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblcrq-dev

Remove liblcrq-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liblcrq-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblcrq-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liblcrq-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcrq-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.