How To Install libi2util-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libi2util-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libi2util-dev is Internet2 utility library (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libi2util-dev on Debian 12.

What is libi2util-dev

libi2util-dev is:

I2utils is a small support library with a set of command line tools needed by several software projects from Internet2, most notably bwctl.

This is the development package which contains headers files and the static i2util library.

There are three methods to install libi2util-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 libi2util-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 libi2util-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libi2util-dev

Install libi2util-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libi2util-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libi2util-dev

Install libi2util-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 libi2util-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libi2util-dev

How To Uninstall libi2util-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libi2util-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libi2util-dev

Uninstall libi2util-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libi2util-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libi2util-dev

Remove libi2util-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libi2util-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libi2util-dev

Remove libi2util-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libi2util-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libi2util-dev

Dependencies

libi2util-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libi2util-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.