How To Install libchardet-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libchardet-dev on Debian 9.
What is libchardet-dev
libchardet-dev is:
libchardet is based on Mozilla Universal Charset Detector library and detects the character set used to encode data.
The original code was written by Netscape for the Mozilla Browser. Later, the code was turned into the Encode::Detect Perl module, known in Debian as libencode-detect-perl. This library switches the Perl wrapper API, to form a C library with a libtool build environment.
This package provides the include files and static libraries needed to build programs using libchardet.
There are three methods to install libchardet-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libchardet-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 libchardet-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libchardet-dev
Install libchardet-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libchardet-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libchardet-dev
Install libchardet-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 libchardet-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libchardet-dev
How To Uninstall libchardet-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libchardet-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libchardet-dev
Uninstall libchardet-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libchardet-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libchardet-dev
Remove libchardet-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libchardet-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libchardet-dev
Remove libchardet-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libchardet-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libchardet-dev
Dependencies
libchardet-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libchardet-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.