How To Install libfmt-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfmt-dev
on Debian 10.
What is libfmt-dev
libfmt-dev is:
This library provides fast, type-safe, small, C++11-aware replacement of (s)printf and related machinery. In some cases it’s noticeably faster than boost::format, boost::lexical_cast and even sprintf itself.
This package contains the development files, include the static library.
There are three methods to install libfmt-dev
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfmt-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 libfmt-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfmt-dev
Install libfmt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfmt-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfmt-dev
Install libfmt-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 libfmt-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfmt-dev
How To Uninstall libfmt-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libfmt-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfmt-dev
Uninstall libfmt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfmt-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfmt-dev
Remove libfmt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfmt-dev
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfmt-dev
Remove libfmt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfmt-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfmt-dev
Dependencies
libfmt-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfmt-dev
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.