How To Install libcapnp-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcapnp-dev
on Debian 11.
What is libcapnp-dev
libcapnp-dev is:
Similar to Protocol Buffers, Cap’n Proto is an efficient means of serializing structured data to be transferred across a network or written to disk. Users write a Cap’n Proto definition file that drives a code generator, which in turn emits C++ code for encoding & decoding messages in the Cap’n Proto format.
In addition to being extremely fast, Cap’n Proto also smooths over some of the rougher aspects of Protocol Buffers & introduces a number of new features to boot.
This package contains the headers and static libraries needed for writing C++ applications.
There are three methods to install libcapnp-dev
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 libcapnp-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 libcapnp-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcapnp-dev
Install libcapnp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcapnp-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcapnp-dev
Install libcapnp-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 libcapnp-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcapnp-dev
How To Uninstall libcapnp-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libcapnp-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcapnp-dev
Uninstall libcapnp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcapnp-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcapnp-dev
Remove libcapnp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcapnp-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcapnp-dev
Remove libcapnp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcapnp-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcapnp-dev
Dependencies
libcapnp-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcapnp-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.