How To Install libancient-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libancient-dev on Debian 12.
What is libancient-dev
libancient-dev is:
This is a collection of decompression routines for old formats popular in the Amiga, Atari computers and some other systems from 80’s and 90’s as well as some that are currently used which were used in a some specific way in these old systems.
For simple usage both a simple command line application as well as a simple API to use the decompressors are provided. The compression algorithm is automatically detected in most cases, however there are some corner cases where it is not entirely reliable due to weaknesses in the old format used.
This package provides ancient library development files.
There are three methods to install libancient-dev 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 libancient-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 libancient-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libancient-dev
Install libancient-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libancient-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libancient-dev
Install libancient-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 libancient-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libancient-dev
How To Uninstall libancient-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libancient-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libancient-dev
Uninstall libancient-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libancient-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libancient-dev
Remove libancient-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libancient-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libancient-dev
Remove libancient-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libancient-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libancient-dev
Dependencies
libancient-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libancient-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
