How To Install libacl1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libacl1 on Debian 9. libacl1 is Access control list shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libacl1 on Debian 9.

What is libacl1

libacl1 is:

This package contains the libacl.so dynamic library containing the POSIX 1003.1e draft standard 17 functions for manipulating access control lists.

There are three methods to install libacl1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libacl1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libacl1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libacl1

Install libacl1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libacl1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libacl1

Install libacl1 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 libacl1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libacl1

How To Uninstall libacl1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libacl1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libacl1

Uninstall libacl1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libacl1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libacl1

Remove libacl1 Configurations and Data

To remove libacl1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libacl1

Remove libacl1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libacl1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libacl1

Dependencies

libacl1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libacl1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.