How To Install libopts25-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libopts25-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libopts25-dev is automated option processing library based on autogen

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopts25-dev on Debian 10.

What is libopts25-dev

libopts25-dev is:

This package contains the header files and static libraries used by autoopts. The package containing the shared libraries is libopts25. The package containing the development tools is autogen.

There are three methods to install libopts25-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 libopts25-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 libopts25-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopts25-dev

Install libopts25-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopts25-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopts25-dev

Install libopts25-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 libopts25-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopts25-dev

How To Uninstall libopts25-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libopts25-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopts25-dev

Uninstall libopts25-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopts25-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopts25-dev

Remove libopts25-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libopts25-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopts25-dev

Remove libopts25-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopts25-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopts25-dev

Dependencies

libopts25-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopts25-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.