How To Install libjson-c-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install libjson-c-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libjson-c-doc is JSON manipulation library - documentation files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjson-c-doc on Debian 12.

What is libjson-c-doc

libjson-c-doc is:

This library allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects.

The documentation for libjson-c is provided by this package.

There are three methods to install libjson-c-doc 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 libjson-c-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjson-c-doc

Install libjson-c-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjson-c-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjson-c-doc

Install libjson-c-doc 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 libjson-c-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjson-c-doc

How To Uninstall libjson-c-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libjson-c-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjson-c-doc

Uninstall libjson-c-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjson-c-doc

Remove libjson-c-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libjson-c-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjson-c-doc

Remove libjson-c-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libjson-c-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjson-c-doc

Dependencies

libjson-c-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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