How To Install libexecline-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libexecline-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libexecline-dev is small and non-interactive scripting language (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexecline-dev on Debian 12.

What is libexecline-dev

libexecline-dev is:

Execline is a (non-interactive) scripting language, like sh; but its syntax is quite different from a traditional shell syntax. The execlineb program is meant to be used as an interpreter for a text file; the other commands are essentially useful inside an execlineb script.

Execline is as powerful as a shell: it features conditional loops, getopt-style option handling, filename globbing, and more. Meanwhile, its syntax is far more logic and predictable than the shell’s syntax, and has no security issues.

This package contains static and header files.

There are three methods to install libexecline-dev 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 libexecline-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 libexecline-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libexecline-dev

Install libexecline-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libexecline-dev

Install libexecline-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 libexecline-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libexecline-dev

How To Uninstall libexecline-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libexecline-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libexecline-dev

Uninstall libexecline-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libexecline-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexecline-dev

Remove libexecline-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libexecline-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libexecline-dev

Remove libexecline-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexecline-dev

Dependencies

libexecline-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexecline-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.