How To Install lcl on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lcl on Debian 10.
What is lcl
lcl is:
Lazarus is an IDE to create (graphical and console) applications with Free Pascal, the (L)GPLed Pascal and Object Pascal compiler that runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and more.
Lazarus is the missing part of the puzzle that will allow you to develop programs for all of the above platforms in a Delphi-like environment. The IDE is a RAD tool that includes a form designer.
Unlike Java’s “write once, run anywhere” motto, Lazarus and Free Pascal strive for “write once, compile anywhere”. Since the exact same compiler is available on all of the above platforms you don’t need to do any recoding to produce identical products for different platforms.
In short, Lazarus is a free RAD tool for Free Pascal using its Lazarus Component Library (LCL).
This dependency package always depends on the latest available version of the metapackage installing the full LCL and components.
There are three methods to install lcl 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 lcl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lcl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lcl
Install lcl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lcl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lcl
Install lcl 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 lcl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lcl
How To Uninstall lcl on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lcl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lcl
Uninstall lcl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lcl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lcl
Remove lcl Configurations and Data
To remove lcl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lcl
Remove lcl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lcl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lcl
Dependencies
lcl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lcl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.