How To Install libjsonparser-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libjsonparser-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libjsonparser-dev is Very low footprint JSON parser written in portable ANSI C - development headers

Introduction

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

What is libjsonparser-dev

libjsonparser-dev is:

It’s a very low footprint JSON parser written in portable ANSI C. Features include:

  • BSD licensed with no dependencies (i.e. just drop the C file into your project)
  • Never recurses or allocates more memory than it needs
  • Very simple API with operator sugar for C++

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjsonparser-dev

Install libjsonparser-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjsonparser-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libjsonparser-dev

How To Uninstall libjsonparser-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libjsonparser-dev

Uninstall libjsonparser-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjsonparser-dev

Remove libjsonparser-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjsonparser-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libjsonparser-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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