How To Install libvshadow-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvshadow-dev on Debian 11. libvshadow-dev is Volume Shadow Snapshot format access library – development files

Introduction

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

What is libvshadow-dev

libvshadow-dev is:

libvshadow is a library to access the Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) format. The VSS format is used by Windows, as of Vista, to maintain copies of data on a storage media volume.

This package includes the development support files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libvshadow-dev

Install libvshadow-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvshadow-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libvshadow-dev

How To Uninstall libvshadow-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libvshadow-dev

Uninstall libvshadow-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvshadow-dev

Remove libvshadow-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libvshadow-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libvshadow-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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