How To Install libgnatcoll21 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgnatcoll21 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgnatcoll21 is GNATColl, general purpose Ada library (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnatcoll21 on Debian 12.

What is libgnatcoll21

libgnatcoll21 is:

The GNAT Component Collection deals with: module tracing, efficient file IO, static string searching (Boyer-Moore), e-mails and mailboxes, Ravenscar tasking profiles, storage pools, JSON, logging, shell scripting. Components relying on external dependencies are distributed in separate packages.

This package contains the runtime shared library.

There are three methods to install libgnatcoll21 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 libgnatcoll21 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnatcoll21 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgnatcoll21

Install libgnatcoll21 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnatcoll21 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgnatcoll21

Install libgnatcoll21 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 libgnatcoll21 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnatcoll21

How To Uninstall libgnatcoll21 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libgnatcoll21 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgnatcoll21

Uninstall libgnatcoll21 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnatcoll21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnatcoll21

Remove libgnatcoll21 Configurations and Data

To remove libgnatcoll21 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnatcoll21

Remove libgnatcoll21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgnatcoll21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnatcoll21

Dependencies

libgnatcoll21 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnatcoll21 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.