How To Install libprocps6 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprocps6
on Debian 9.
What is libprocps6
libprocps6 is:
The libprocps library is a way of accessing information out of the /proc filesystem.
This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs compiled with libprocps.
There are three methods to install libprocps6
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libprocps6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libprocps6
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprocps6
Install libprocps6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprocps6
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprocps6
Install libprocps6 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 libprocps6
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprocps6
How To Uninstall libprocps6 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libprocps6
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprocps6
Uninstall libprocps6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprocps6
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprocps6
Remove libprocps6 Configurations and Data
To remove libprocps6
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprocps6
Remove libprocps6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprocps6
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprocps6
Dependencies
libprocps6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprocps6
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.