How To Install libbrotli1 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbrotli1 on Debian 11.
What is libbrotli1
libbrotli1 is:
Brotli is a generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm that compresses data using a combination of a modern variant of the LZ77 algorithm, Huffman coding and 2nd order context modeling, with a compression ratio comparable to the best currently available general-purpose compression methods. It is similar in speed with deflate but offers more dense compression.
This package installs shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libbrotli1 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libbrotli1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libbrotli1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbrotli1
Install libbrotli1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbrotli1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbrotli1
Install libbrotli1 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 libbrotli1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbrotli1
How To Uninstall libbrotli1 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libbrotli1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbrotli1
Uninstall libbrotli1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbrotli1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbrotli1
Remove libbrotli1 Configurations and Data
To remove libbrotli1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbrotli1
Remove libbrotli1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbrotli1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbrotli1
Dependencies
libbrotli1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbrotli1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.