How To Install libconfig++9v5 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig++9v5 on Debian 11.
What is libconfig++9v5
libconfig++9v5 is:
This library features a fully reentrant parser and includes bindings for both the C and C++ programming languages. It runs on modern POSIX-compliant systems such as Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X (Darwin), as well as on Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and later (Visual Studio or MinGW).
This library allows parsing, manipulating and writing structured configuration files.
This is the C++ binding.
There are three methods to install libconfig++9v5 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libconfig++9v5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libconfig++9v5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libconfig++9v5
Install libconfig++9v5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libconfig++9v5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libconfig++9v5
Install libconfig++9v5 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 libconfig++9v5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libconfig++9v5
How To Uninstall libconfig++9v5 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libconfig++9v5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libconfig++9v5
Uninstall libconfig++9v5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libconfig++9v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libconfig++9v5
Remove libconfig++9v5 Configurations and Data
To remove libconfig++9v5 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libconfig++9v5
Remove libconfig++9v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libconfig++9v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libconfig++9v5
Dependencies
libconfig++9v5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig++9v5 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
