How To Install libapt-pkg6.0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libapt-pkg6.0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libapt-pkg6.0 is package management runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapt-pkg6.0 on Debian 12.

What is libapt-pkg6.0

libapt-pkg6.0 is:

This library provides the common functionality for searching and managing packages as well as information about packages. Higher-level package managers can depend upon this library.

This includes:

  • retrieval of information about packages from multiple sources
  • retrieval of packages and all dependent packages needed to satisfy a request either through an internal solver or by interfacing with an external one
  • authenticating the sources and validating the retrieved data
  • installation and removal of packages in the system
  • providing different transports to retrieve data over cdrom, ftp, http(s), rsh as well as an interface to add more transports like tor+http(s) (apt-transport-tor).

There are three methods to install libapt-pkg6.0 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 libapt-pkg6.0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libapt-pkg6.0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libapt-pkg6.0

Install libapt-pkg6.0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libapt-pkg6.0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libapt-pkg6.0

Install libapt-pkg6.0 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 libapt-pkg6.0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libapt-pkg6.0

How To Uninstall libapt-pkg6.0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libapt-pkg6.0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libapt-pkg6.0

Uninstall libapt-pkg6.0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libapt-pkg6.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapt-pkg6.0

Remove libapt-pkg6.0 Configurations and Data

To remove libapt-pkg6.0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libapt-pkg6.0

Remove libapt-pkg6.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libapt-pkg6.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapt-pkg6.0

Dependencies

libapt-pkg6.0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapt-pkg6.0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.