How To Install libicapapi-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libicapapi-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libicapapi-dev is ICAP API library development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicapapi-dev on Debian 10.

What is libicapapi-dev

libicapapi-dev is:

C-ICAP is an implementation of an ICAP server. It can be used with HTTP proxies that support the ICAP protocol to implement content adaptation and filtering services.

Most of the commercial HTTP proxies must support the ICAP protocol. The open source Squid 3.x proxy server supports it.

This Package contains the ICAP API library development files.

There are three methods to install libicapapi-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libicapapi-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 libicapapi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libicapapi-dev

Install libicapapi-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libicapapi-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libicapapi-dev

How To Uninstall libicapapi-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libicapapi-dev

Uninstall libicapapi-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libicapapi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libicapapi-dev

Remove libicapapi-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libicapapi-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libicapapi-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libicapapi-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicapapi-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.