How To Install libfst8-plugins-base on Debian 10

Learn how to install libfst8-plugins-base on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libfst8-plugins-base is weighted finite-state transducers library (base plugins)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfst8-plugins-base on Debian 10.

What is libfst8-plugins-base

libfst8-plugins-base is:

OpenFst is a library for constructing, combining, optimizing, and searching weighted finite-state transducers (FSTs).

This package contains base extensions that will be dynamically loaded into any binary compiled with OpenFst if the LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or equivalent) includes /usr/lib/fst.

There are three methods to install libfst8-plugins-base 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 libfst8-plugins-base Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfst8-plugins-base using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfst8-plugins-base

Install libfst8-plugins-base Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfst8-plugins-base using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfst8-plugins-base

Install libfst8-plugins-base 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 libfst8-plugins-base using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfst8-plugins-base

How To Uninstall libfst8-plugins-base on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libfst8-plugins-base package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfst8-plugins-base

Uninstall libfst8-plugins-base And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfst8-plugins-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfst8-plugins-base

Remove libfst8-plugins-base Configurations and Data

To remove libfst8-plugins-base configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfst8-plugins-base

Remove libfst8-plugins-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfst8-plugins-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfst8-plugins-base

Dependencies

libfst8-plugins-base have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfst8-plugins-base package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.