How To Install libyaml-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libyaml-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libyaml-dev is Fast YAML 1.1 parser and emitter library (development)

Introduction

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

What is libyaml-dev

libyaml-dev is:

LibYAML is a C library for parsing and emitting data in YAML 1.1, a human-readable data serialization format.

This package contains development headers and static libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libyaml-dev

Install libyaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libyaml-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libyaml-dev

How To Uninstall libyaml-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libyaml-dev

Uninstall libyaml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyaml-dev

Remove libyaml-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libyaml-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libyaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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