How To Install libboxfort-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libboxfort-dev on Debian 12.
What is libboxfort-dev
libboxfort-dev is:
BoxFort provides a simple API to run user code in isolated processes.
Although BoxFort provides some kind of security of the parent process from spawned sandboxes, a sandbox has by default the same system permissions and access than its parent, and is hence, without care, ill-fitted for security purposes.
The main goal of this project is not security, but portable code isolation – if you want complete system isolation, consider using properly configured containers.
This package contains the header files required to compile a package against BoxFort.
There are three methods to install libboxfort-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 libboxfort-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 libboxfort-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libboxfort-dev
Install libboxfort-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libboxfort-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libboxfort-dev
Install libboxfort-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 libboxfort-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libboxfort-dev
How To Uninstall libboxfort-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libboxfort-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libboxfort-dev
Uninstall libboxfort-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libboxfort-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libboxfort-dev
Remove libboxfort-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libboxfort-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libboxfort-dev
Remove libboxfort-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libboxfort-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libboxfort-dev
Dependencies
libboxfort-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libboxfort-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
