How To Install libunarr-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libunarr-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libunarr-dev is Decompression library for RAR, TAR, ZIP and 7z archives (devel)

Introduction

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

What is libunarr-dev

libunarr-dev is:

unarr originated as a port of the RAR extraction features from The Unarchiver project required for extracting images from comic book archives (.cbr). It was written as an alternative to libarchive which didn’t have support for parsing filters or solid compression at the time.

This package contains development tools: headers and unversioned libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libunarr-dev

Install libunarr-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libunarr-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libunarr-dev

How To Uninstall libunarr-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libunarr-dev

Uninstall libunarr-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunarr-dev

Remove libunarr-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libunarr-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libunarr-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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