How To Install libzltext-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzltext-dev on Debian 9. libzltext-dev is ZLibrary text model/viewer part (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzltext-dev on Debian 9.

What is libzltext-dev

libzltext-dev is:

This package contains development files for the ZLibrary text model/viewer library.

ZLibrary is a cross-platform library to build applications running on desktop Linux, Windows, different Linux-based PDAs using this library.

There are three methods to install libzltext-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libzltext-dev

Install libzltext-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzltext-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libzltext-dev

How To Uninstall libzltext-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libzltext-dev

Uninstall libzltext-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libzltext-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzltext-dev

Remove libzltext-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libzltext-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libzltext-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libzltext-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzltext-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.