How To Install liblmdb-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblmdb-dev on Debian 12.
What is liblmdb-dev
liblmdb-dev is:
This package contains the development libraries, header files. Install lmdb-doc package for man pages.
Lighting Memory-Mapped Database (LMDB) is an ultra-fast, ultra-compact key-value embedded data store developed for the OpenLDAP Project. It uses memory-mapped files, so it has the read performance of a pure in-memory database while still offering the persistence of standard disk-based databases, and is only limited to the size of the virtual address space, (it is not limited to the size of physical RAM).
There are three methods to install liblmdb-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 liblmdb-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 liblmdb-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblmdb-dev
Install liblmdb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblmdb-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblmdb-dev
Install liblmdb-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 liblmdb-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblmdb-dev
How To Uninstall liblmdb-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the liblmdb-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblmdb-dev
Uninstall liblmdb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblmdb-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblmdb-dev
Remove liblmdb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblmdb-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblmdb-dev
Remove liblmdb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblmdb-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblmdb-dev
Dependencies
liblmdb-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblmdb-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
