How To Install libaunit21 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libaunit21 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libaunit21 is AUnit, a unit testing framework for Ada

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaunit21 on Debian 12.

What is libaunit21

libaunit21 is:

AUnit is a set of Ada packages based on the xUnit family of unit test frameworks. It’s intended as a developer’s tool to facilitate confident writing and evolution of Ada software. It is purposely lightweight, as one of its main goals is to make it easy to develop and run unit tests, rather than to generate artifacts for process management. The framework supports easy composition of sets of unit tests to provide flexibility in determining what tests to run for a given purpose.

This package contains the runtime shared library.

There are three methods to install libaunit21 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 libaunit21 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libaunit21 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libaunit21

Install libaunit21 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libaunit21 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libaunit21

Install libaunit21 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 libaunit21 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaunit21

How To Uninstall libaunit21 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libaunit21 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaunit21

Uninstall libaunit21 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libaunit21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaunit21

Remove libaunit21 Configurations and Data

To remove libaunit21 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaunit21

Remove libaunit21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libaunit21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaunit21

Dependencies

libaunit21 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaunit21 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.