How To Install libgc-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgc-dev on Debian 12.
What is libgc-dev
libgc-dev is:
Boehm-Demers-Weiser’s GC is a garbage collecting storage allocator that is intended to be used as a plug-in replacement for C’s malloc or C++’s new().
It allows you to allocate memory basically as you normally would without explicitly deallocating memory that is no longer useful. The collector automatically recycles memory when it determines that it can no longer be used.
This version of the collector is thread safe, has C++ support and uses the defaults for everything else. However, it does not work as a drop-in malloc(3) replacement.
This package is required to compile and link programs that use libgc1c2.
There are three methods to install libgc-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 libgc-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 libgc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgc-dev
Install libgc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgc-dev
Install libgc-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 libgc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgc-dev
How To Uninstall libgc-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libgc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgc-dev
Uninstall libgc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgc-dev
Remove libgc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgc-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgc-dev
Remove libgc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgc-dev
Dependencies
libgc-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgc-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.