How To Install libidn12 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libidn12 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libidn12 is GNU Libidn library, implementation of IETF IDN specifications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libidn12 on Debian 12.

What is libidn12

libidn12 is:

GNU Libidn is a fully documented implementation of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA specifications. Libidn’s purpose is to encode and decode internationalized domain names. The Nameprep, XMPP, SASLprep, and iSCSI profiles are supported.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libidn12 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 libidn12 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libidn12 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libidn12

Install libidn12 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libidn12 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libidn12

Install libidn12 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 libidn12 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libidn12

How To Uninstall libidn12 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libidn12 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libidn12

Uninstall libidn12 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libidn12 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libidn12

Remove libidn12 Configurations and Data

To remove libidn12 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libidn12

Remove libidn12 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libidn12 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libidn12

Dependencies

libidn12 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libidn12 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.