How To Install libdatrie-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdatrie-dev on Debian 11.
What is libdatrie-dev
libdatrie-dev is:
Trie is a kind of digital search tree, an efficient indexing method in which search time is independent of database size. It only takes O(m) search time, where m is the length of the search string. Comparably as efficient as hashing, trie also provides flexibility on incremental matching and key spelling manipulation. This makes it ideal for lexical analyzers, as well as spelling dictionaries.
This library is an implementation of double-array structure for representing trie, as proposed by Junichi Aoe. The details of the implementation can be found at https://linux.thai.net/~thep/datrie/datrie.html
This package contains the development libraries, header files and manpages you need to develop your programs using the datrie library.
There are three methods to install libdatrie-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 libdatrie-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 libdatrie-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdatrie-dev
Install libdatrie-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdatrie-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdatrie-dev
Install libdatrie-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 libdatrie-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdatrie-dev
How To Uninstall libdatrie-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libdatrie-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdatrie-dev
Uninstall libdatrie-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdatrie-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdatrie-dev
Remove libdatrie-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdatrie-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdatrie-dev
Remove libdatrie-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdatrie-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdatrie-dev
Dependencies
libdatrie-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdatrie-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.