How To Install libcbor0 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbor0 on Debian 11.
What is libcbor0
libcbor0 is:
CBOR is a general-purpose schema-less binary data format, defined in RFC 7049. This package provides a C library for parsing and generating CBOR. The main features are:
- Complete RFC conformance
- Robust C99 implementation
- Layered architecture offers both control and convenience
- Flexible memory management
- No shared global state - threading friendly
- Proper handling of UTF-8
- Full support for streams & incremental processing
- Extensive documentation and test suite
- No runtime dependencies, small footprint
This package contains the runtime library.
There are three methods to install libcbor0 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 libcbor0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcbor0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcbor0
Install libcbor0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcbor0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcbor0
Install libcbor0 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 libcbor0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcbor0
How To Uninstall libcbor0 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libcbor0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcbor0
Uninstall libcbor0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcbor0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcbor0
Remove libcbor0 Configurations and Data
To remove libcbor0 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcbor0
Remove libcbor0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcbor0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcbor0
Dependencies
libcbor0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcbor0 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
