How To Install libcob1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob1 on Debian 9.
What is libcob1
libcob1 is:
This package contains the runtime library for open-cobol.
There are three methods to install libcob1 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 libcob1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcob1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcob1
Install libcob1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcob1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcob1
Install libcob1 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 libcob1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcob1
How To Uninstall libcob1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libcob1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcob1
Uninstall libcob1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcob1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcob1
Remove libcob1 Configurations and Data
To remove libcob1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcob1
Remove libcob1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcob1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcob1
Dependencies
libcob1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.