How To Install libjconv-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libjconv-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libjconv-dev is charset conversion library - development

Introduction

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

What is libjconv-dev

libjconv-dev is:

This library provide Japanese Code Conversion capability based on iconv. It is based by application to enlarge number of supported encoding. It is not only for Japanese people, it is used as helper in sylpheed mailer.

This package contains development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjconv-dev

Install libjconv-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjconv-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libjconv-dev

How To Uninstall libjconv-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libjconv-dev

Uninstall libjconv-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjconv-dev

Remove libjconv-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjconv-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libjconv-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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