How To Install liblog4c-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4c-dev on Debian 11.
What is liblog4c-dev
liblog4c-dev is:
Log4c is a library of C for flexible logging to files, syslog and other destinations.
It is modeled after the Log for Java library (http://logging.apache.org), staying as close to their API as is reasonable.
This package contains the Log4c development files.
There are three methods to install liblog4c-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liblog4c-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 liblog4c-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblog4c-dev
Install liblog4c-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblog4c-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblog4c-dev
Install liblog4c-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 liblog4c-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblog4c-dev
How To Uninstall liblog4c-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the liblog4c-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblog4c-dev
Uninstall liblog4c-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblog4c-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblog4c-dev
Remove liblog4c-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblog4c-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblog4c-dev
Remove liblog4c-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblog4c-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblog4c-dev
Dependencies
liblog4c-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4c-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.