How To Install libleveldb-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libleveldb-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libleveldb-dev is fast key-value storage library (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libleveldb-dev

libleveldb-dev is:

LevelDB is a fast key-value storage library written at Google that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string values.

This package provides the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libleveldb-dev

Install libleveldb-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libleveldb-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libleveldb-dev

How To Uninstall libleveldb-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libleveldb-dev

Uninstall libleveldb-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libleveldb-dev

Remove libleveldb-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libleveldb-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libleveldb-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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