How To Install libconfig-doc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-doc on Debian 12.
What is libconfig-doc
libconfig-doc 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 package provides documentation for the libconfig library.
There are three methods to install libconfig-doc 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 libconfig-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libconfig-doc
Install libconfig-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libconfig-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libconfig-doc
Install libconfig-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libconfig-doc
How To Uninstall libconfig-doc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libconfig-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libconfig-doc
Uninstall libconfig-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libconfig-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libconfig-doc
Remove libconfig-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libconfig-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libconfig-doc
Remove libconfig-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libconfig-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libconfig-doc
Dependencies
libconfig-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
