How To Install libbitstream-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libbitstream-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libbitstream-dev is C headers giving access to binary streams like MPEG or DVB

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbitstream-dev on Debian 12.

What is libbitstream-dev

libbitstream-dev is:

biTStream is a set of C headers allowing a simpler access to binary structures such as specified by MPEG, DVB, IETF, etc.

The goal of this package is to offer a simpler access that libdvbpsi does currently. This package is also lower level and more efficient: fewer memory allocations, fewer memory copies.

There are three methods to install libbitstream-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 libbitstream-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 libbitstream-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbitstream-dev

Install libbitstream-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbitstream-dev

Install libbitstream-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 libbitstream-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbitstream-dev

How To Uninstall libbitstream-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libbitstream-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbitstream-dev

Uninstall libbitstream-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbitstream-dev

Remove libbitstream-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libbitstream-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbitstream-dev

Remove libbitstream-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbitstream-dev

Dependencies

libbitstream-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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