How To Install fixincludes on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fixincludes on Debian 10.
What is fixincludes
fixincludes is:
FixIncludes was created to fix non-ANSI system header files. Many system manufacturers supply proprietary headers that are not ANSI compliant. The GNU compilers cannot compile non-ANSI headers. Consequently, the FixIncludes shell script was written to fix the header files.
Not all packages with header files are installed on the system, when the package is built, so we make fixincludes available at build time of other packages, such that checking tools like lintian can make use of it.
There are three methods to install fixincludes 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 fixincludes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fixincludes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fixincludes
Install fixincludes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fixincludes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fixincludes
Install fixincludes 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 fixincludes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fixincludes
How To Uninstall fixincludes on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fixincludes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fixincludes
Uninstall fixincludes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fixincludes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fixincludes
Remove fixincludes Configurations and Data
To remove fixincludes configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fixincludes
Remove fixincludes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fixincludes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fixincludes
Dependencies
fixincludes have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fixincludes package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
