How To Install libcob4 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob4
on Debian 10.
What is libcob4
libcob4 is:
This package contains the runtime library for gnucobol.
There are three methods to install libcob4
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcob4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcob4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcob4
Install libcob4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcob4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcob4
Install libcob4 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 libcob4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcob4
How To Uninstall libcob4 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libcob4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcob4
Uninstall libcob4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcob4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcob4
Remove libcob4 Configurations and Data
To remove libcob4
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcob4
Remove libcob4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcob4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcob4
Dependencies
libcob4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob4
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.