How To Install libclick-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libclick-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libclick-dev is development files for Click package management library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclick-dev on Debian 12.

What is libclick-dev

libclick-dev is:

Click is a simplified packaging format that installs in a separate part of the file system, suitable for third-party applications.

This package provides development files needed to build programs for managing Click packages.

There are three methods to install libclick-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 libclick-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 libclick-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libclick-dev

Install libclick-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libclick-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libclick-dev

Install libclick-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 libclick-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libclick-dev

How To Uninstall libclick-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libclick-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libclick-dev

Uninstall libclick-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libclick-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclick-dev

Remove libclick-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libclick-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libclick-dev

Remove libclick-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libclick-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclick-dev

Dependencies

libclick-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclick-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.