How To Install libbigint-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbigint-dev on Debian 12.
What is libbigint-dev
libbigint-dev is:
You can use this library in a C++ program to do arithmetic on integers of size limited only by your computer’s memory. The library provides BigUnsigned and BigInteger classes that represent nonnegative integers and signed integers, respectively.
This package provides the development files for the library.
There are three methods to install libbigint-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 libbigint-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 libbigint-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbigint-dev
Install libbigint-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbigint-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbigint-dev
Install libbigint-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 libbigint-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbigint-dev
How To Uninstall libbigint-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libbigint-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbigint-dev
Uninstall libbigint-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbigint-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbigint-dev
Remove libbigint-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libbigint-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbigint-dev
Remove libbigint-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbigint-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbigint-dev
Dependencies
libbigint-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbigint-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
