How To Install libkibi-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkibi-dev on Debian 9.
What is libkibi-dev
libkibi-dev is:
This library is designed for formatting sizes in bytes for display. The user can configure a preferred prefix style.
Three different types of byte prefixes can be selected:
- kB, MB, GB with base 1000 (base10)
- KiB, MiB, GiB with base 1024 (base2)
- KB, MB, GB with base 1024 (historic)
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libkibi-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libkibi-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 libkibi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkibi-dev
Install libkibi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkibi-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkibi-dev
Install libkibi-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 libkibi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkibi-dev
How To Uninstall libkibi-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libkibi-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkibi-dev
Uninstall libkibi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkibi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkibi-dev
Remove libkibi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libkibi-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkibi-dev
Remove libkibi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkibi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkibi-dev
Dependencies
libkibi-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkibi-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.