How To Install zlibc on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zlibc
on Debian 10.
What is zlibc
zlibc is:
Zlibc is a preloadable shared library that allows executables to uncompress the data files that they need on the fly. No kernel patch, no recompilation of these executables and no recompilation of the libraries is needed.
There are three methods to install zlibc
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 zlibc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zlibc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zlibc
Install zlibc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zlibc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zlibc
Install zlibc 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 zlibc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zlibc
How To Uninstall zlibc on Debian 10
To uninstall only the zlibc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zlibc
Uninstall zlibc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zlibc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zlibc
Remove zlibc Configurations and Data
To remove zlibc
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zlibc
Remove zlibc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zlibc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zlibc
Dependencies
zlibc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zlibc
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.