How To Install libeconf-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeconf-utils on Debian 12.
What is libeconf-utils
libeconf-utils is:
libeconf is a highly flexible and configureable library to parse and manage key=value configuration files. It reads configuration file snippets from different directories and builds the final configuration file for the application from it.
The first file is the vendor provided configuration file. There are two methods of overriding this vendor settings: copy the file from /usr/vendordir to /etc and modify the settings. Alternatively, a directory named file.suffix.d/ within /etc can be created, with drop-in files in the form name.suffix. This files contain only the changes of the specific settings the user is interested in. There can be several such drop-in files, they are processed in lexicographic order of their filename.
This package provides command line utilities (econftool).
There are three methods to install libeconf-utils 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 libeconf-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libeconf-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libeconf-utils
Install libeconf-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libeconf-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libeconf-utils
Install libeconf-utils 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 libeconf-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libeconf-utils
How To Uninstall libeconf-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libeconf-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libeconf-utils
Uninstall libeconf-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libeconf-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeconf-utils
Remove libeconf-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libeconf-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libeconf-utils
Remove libeconf-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libeconf-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeconf-utils
Dependencies
libeconf-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeconf-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
