How To Install libeconf0 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeconf0 on Debian 11. libeconf0 is parse and manage key=value configuration files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeconf0 on Debian 11.

What is libeconf0

libeconf0 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 the library files needed at runtime.

There are three methods to install libeconf0 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 libeconf0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libeconf0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libeconf0

Install libeconf0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libeconf0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libeconf0

Install libeconf0 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 libeconf0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libeconf0

How To Uninstall libeconf0 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libeconf0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libeconf0

Uninstall libeconf0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libeconf0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeconf0

Remove libeconf0 Configurations and Data

To remove libeconf0 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libeconf0

Remove libeconf0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libeconf0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeconf0

Dependencies

libeconf0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeconf0 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.