How To Install libucl-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libucl-dev on Debian 11. libucl-dev is Portable compression library - development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libucl-dev on Debian 11.

What is libucl-dev

libucl-dev is:

UCL is a portable lossless data compression library written in ANSI C, implementing a number of compression algorithms that achieve an excellent compression ratio while allowing very fast decompression.

This package contains the development support files.

There are three methods to install libucl-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libucl-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 libucl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libucl-dev

Install libucl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libucl-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libucl-dev

How To Uninstall libucl-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libucl-dev

Uninstall libucl-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libucl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libucl-dev

Remove libucl-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libucl-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libucl-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libucl-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libucl-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.