How To Install libonig-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libonig-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libonig-dev is regular expressions library ?? development files

Introduction

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

What is libonig-dev

libonig-dev is:

Oniguruma is a library for working with regular expressions.

Different character encoding for every regular expression object can be specified.

This package provides development files and static libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libonig-dev

Install libonig-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libonig-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libonig-dev

How To Uninstall libonig-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libonig-dev

Uninstall libonig-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libonig-dev

Remove libonig-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libonig-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libonig-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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