How To Install librgxg-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install librgxg-dev on Debian 9. librgxg-dev is development files and documentation for librgxg

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librgxg-dev on Debian 9.

What is librgxg-dev

librgxg-dev is:

librgxg is a C library to generate (extended) regular expressions.

It can be useful to generate (extended) regular expressions to match for instance a specific number range (e.g. 0 to 31 or 00 to FF) or all addresses of a CIDR block (e.g. 192.168.0.0/24 or 2001:db8:aaaa::/64).

This package contains the development files (i.e. includes, static library, manual pages) that allow one to build software which uses librgxg.

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

sudo apt-get -y install librgxg-dev

Install librgxg-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librgxg-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install librgxg-dev

How To Uninstall librgxg-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove librgxg-dev

Uninstall librgxg-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librgxg-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librgxg-dev

Remove librgxg-dev Configurations and Data

To remove librgxg-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librgxg-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

librgxg-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librgxg-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.