How To Install libobjc-8-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libobjc-8-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libobjc-8-dev is Runtime library for GNU Objective-C applications (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libobjc-8-dev on Debian 10.

What is libobjc-8-dev

libobjc-8-dev is:

This package contains the headers and static library files needed to build GNU ObjC applications.

There are three methods to install libobjc-8-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 libobjc-8-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 libobjc-8-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libobjc-8-dev

Install libobjc-8-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libobjc-8-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libobjc-8-dev

Install libobjc-8-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 libobjc-8-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libobjc-8-dev

How To Uninstall libobjc-8-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libobjc-8-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libobjc-8-dev

Uninstall libobjc-8-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libobjc-8-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libobjc-8-dev

Remove libobjc-8-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libobjc-8-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libobjc-8-dev

Remove libobjc-8-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libobjc-8-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libobjc-8-dev

Dependencies

libobjc-8-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libobjc-8-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.