How To Install libsolvext0-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsolvext0-dev on Debian 9. libsolvext0-dev is dependency solver using a satisfiability algorithm (ext development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsolvext0-dev on Debian 9.

What is libsolvext0-dev

libsolvext0-dev is:

This dependency solver code in this package is based on two major, but independent, blocks:

  1. Using a dictionary approach to store and retrieve package and dependency information.
  2. Using satisfiability, a well known and researched topic, for resolving package dependencies.

This package contains development files for libsolvext.

There are three methods to install libsolvext0-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 libsolvext0-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 libsolvext0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsolvext0-dev

Install libsolvext0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsolvext0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsolvext0-dev

Install libsolvext0-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 libsolvext0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsolvext0-dev

How To Uninstall libsolvext0-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libsolvext0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsolvext0-dev

Uninstall libsolvext0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsolvext0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsolvext0-dev

Remove libsolvext0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libsolvext0-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsolvext0-dev

Remove libsolvext0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsolvext0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsolvext0-dev

Dependencies

libsolvext0-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsolvext0-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.