How To Install libzarchive-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzarchive-dev on Debian 12.
What is libzarchive-dev
libzarchive-dev is:
ZArchive is yet another file archive format. Think of zip, tar, 7z, etc. but with the requirement of allowing random-access reads and supporting Zstandard compression.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libzarchive-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libzarchive-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 libzarchive-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzarchive-dev
Install libzarchive-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzarchive-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzarchive-dev
Install libzarchive-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 libzarchive-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzarchive-dev
How To Uninstall libzarchive-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libzarchive-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzarchive-dev
Uninstall libzarchive-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzarchive-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzarchive-dev
Remove libzarchive-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libzarchive-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzarchive-dev
Remove libzarchive-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzarchive-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzarchive-dev
Dependencies
libzarchive-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzarchive-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
