How To Install libfyaml-utils on Debian 12

Learn how to install libfyaml-utils on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libfyaml-utils is Fully feature complete YAML parser and emitter (CLI tools)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfyaml-utils on Debian 12.

What is libfyaml-utils

libfyaml-utils is:

Fully feature complete YAML parser and emitter, supporting the latest YAML spec and passing the full YAML testsuite.

It is designed to be very efficient, avoiding copies of data, and has no artificial limits like the 1024 character limit for implicit keys.

This package contains utilities manipulating YAML files.

There are three methods to install libfyaml-utils 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 libfyaml-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfyaml-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfyaml-utils

Install libfyaml-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfyaml-utils

Install libfyaml-utils 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 libfyaml-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfyaml-utils

How To Uninstall libfyaml-utils on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libfyaml-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfyaml-utils

Uninstall libfyaml-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfyaml-utils

Remove libfyaml-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfyaml-utils

Remove libfyaml-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfyaml-utils

Dependencies

libfyaml-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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