How To Install comerr-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install comerr-dev on Debian 10.
What is comerr-dev
comerr-dev is:
libcom_err is an attempt to present a common error-handling mechanism to manipulate the most common form of error code in a fashion that does not have the problems identified with mechanisms commonly in use.
This package contains the development environment for the com_err library.
There are three methods to install comerr-dev 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 comerr-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 comerr-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install comerr-dev
Install comerr-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install comerr-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install comerr-dev
Install comerr-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 comerr-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install comerr-dev
How To Uninstall comerr-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the comerr-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove comerr-dev
Uninstall comerr-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall comerr-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove comerr-dev
Remove comerr-dev Configurations and Data
To remove comerr-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge comerr-dev
Remove comerr-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove comerr-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge comerr-dev
Dependencies
comerr-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install comerr-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.