How To Install libcob4-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libcob4-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libcob4-dev is COBOL compiler - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob4-dev on Debian 10.

What is libcob4-dev

libcob4-dev is:

This package contains the development files for gnucobol.

There are three methods to install libcob4-dev 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-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 libcob4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcob4-dev

Install libcob4-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcob4-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcob4-dev

Install libcob4-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 libcob4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcob4-dev

How To Uninstall libcob4-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libcob4-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcob4-dev

Uninstall libcob4-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcob4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcob4-dev

Remove libcob4-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcob4-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcob4-dev

Remove libcob4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcob4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcob4-dev

Dependencies

libcob4-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob4-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.