How To Install libfstrcmp-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libfstrcmp-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libfstrcmp-dev is fuzzy string compare library - development files

Introduction

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

What is libfstrcmp-dev

libfstrcmp-dev is:

This package provides a library which may be used to make a variety fuzzy comparisons, on strings and arrays of bytes, including wide character strings and multi-byte character strings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfstrcmp-dev

Install libfstrcmp-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfstrcmp-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfstrcmp-dev

How To Uninstall libfstrcmp-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libfstrcmp-dev

Uninstall libfstrcmp-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfstrcmp-dev

Remove libfstrcmp-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfstrcmp-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libfstrcmp-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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