How To Install architecture-properties on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install architecture-properties on Debian 12.
What is architecture-properties
architecture-properties is:
This is a meta package that provide declarative architecture constraints like “architecture-is-64-bit” or “architecture-is-little-endian” for cases where architecture wildcard support in the Architecture field is insufficient.
Example usage: “Build-Depends: architecture-is-64-bit”.
This package is provided solely for the purpose of being used in build-dependencies to simplify management of architecture support.
There are three methods to install architecture-properties 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 architecture-properties Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install architecture-properties using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install architecture-properties
Install architecture-properties Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install architecture-properties using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install architecture-properties
Install architecture-properties 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 architecture-properties using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install architecture-properties
How To Uninstall architecture-properties on Debian 12
To uninstall only the architecture-properties package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove architecture-properties
Uninstall architecture-properties And Its Dependencies
To uninstall architecture-properties and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove architecture-properties
Remove architecture-properties Configurations and Data
To remove architecture-properties configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge architecture-properties
Remove architecture-properties configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove architecture-properties configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge architecture-properties
Dependencies
architecture-properties have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install architecture-properties package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.