How To Install libextractor-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-dev on Debian 9.
What is libextractor-dev
libextractor-dev is:
GNU libextractor provides developers of file-sharing networks, file managers, and WWW-indexing bots with a universal library to obtain meta-data about files.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libextractor-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libextractor-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 libextractor-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libextractor-dev
Install libextractor-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libextractor-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libextractor-dev
Install libextractor-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 libextractor-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libextractor-dev
How To Uninstall libextractor-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libextractor-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libextractor-dev
Uninstall libextractor-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libextractor-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libextractor-dev
Remove libextractor-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libextractor-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libextractor-dev
Remove libextractor-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libextractor-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libextractor-dev
Dependencies
libextractor-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.