How To Install libcreaterepo-c-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcreaterepo-c-dev on Debian 11.
What is libcreaterepo-c-dev
libcreaterepo-c-dev is:
The createrepo tool generates the repodata directory and XML metadata that makes up a repository of RPM packages. This repository format is supported by apt-rpm, red-carpet(zen), smartpm, up2date, yast, and yum.
This package contains the header files needed for developing programs using the libcreaterepo-c library.
There are three methods to install libcreaterepo-c-dev 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 libcreaterepo-c-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 libcreaterepo-c-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcreaterepo-c-dev
Install libcreaterepo-c-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcreaterepo-c-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcreaterepo-c-dev
Install libcreaterepo-c-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 libcreaterepo-c-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcreaterepo-c-dev
How To Uninstall libcreaterepo-c-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libcreaterepo-c-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcreaterepo-c-dev
Uninstall libcreaterepo-c-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcreaterepo-c-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcreaterepo-c-dev
Remove libcreaterepo-c-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcreaterepo-c-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcreaterepo-c-dev
Remove libcreaterepo-c-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcreaterepo-c-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcreaterepo-c-dev
Dependencies
libcreaterepo-c-dev have the following dependencies:
- libcreaterepo-c0
- libbz2-dev
- libcurl4-openssl-dev
- libglib2.0-dev
- liblzma-dev
- libmagic-dev
- libpython3-dev
- librpm-dev
- libssl-dev
- libsqlite3-dev
- libxml2-dev
- python3-nose
- zlib1g-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcreaterepo-c-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.