How To Install guile-zstd on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-zstd on Debian 11. guile-zstd is zstd bindings for guile

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-zstd on Debian 11.

What is guile-zstd

guile-zstd is:

Guile-zstd is a GNU Guile library providing bindings to zstd.

There are three methods to install guile-zstd 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 guile-zstd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install guile-zstd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install guile-zstd

Install guile-zstd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install guile-zstd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install guile-zstd

Install guile-zstd 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 guile-zstd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install guile-zstd

How To Uninstall guile-zstd on Debian 11

To uninstall only the guile-zstd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove guile-zstd

Uninstall guile-zstd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall guile-zstd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove guile-zstd

Remove guile-zstd Configurations and Data

To remove guile-zstd configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge guile-zstd

Remove guile-zstd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove guile-zstd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guile-zstd

Dependencies

guile-zstd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-zstd package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.