How To Install libqcow-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libqcow-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libqcow-dev is QEMU Copy-On-Write image format access library – development files

Introduction

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

What is libqcow-dev

libqcow-dev is:

libqcow is a library to access the QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image format.

This package includes the development support files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libqcow-dev

Install libqcow-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libqcow-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libqcow-dev

How To Uninstall libqcow-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libqcow-dev

Uninstall libqcow-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqcow-dev

Remove libqcow-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libqcow-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libqcow-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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