How To Install musl on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install musl on Debian 11.
What is musl
musl is:
musl is lightweight, fast, simple, free and strives to be correct in the sense of standards-conformance and safety.
This package contains the shared objects
There are three methods to install musl on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install musl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install musl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install musl
Install musl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install musl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install musl
Install musl 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 musl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install musl
How To Uninstall musl on Debian 11
To uninstall only the musl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove musl
Uninstall musl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall musl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove musl
Remove musl Configurations and Data
To remove musl configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge musl
Remove musl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove musl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge musl
Dependencies
musl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install musl package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
