How To Install liblzma-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblzma-dev on Debian 9. liblzma-dev is XZ-format compression library - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblzma-dev on Debian 9.

What is liblzma-dev

liblzma-dev is:

XZ is the successor to the Lempel-Ziv/Markov-chain Algorithm compression format, which provides memory-hungry but powerful compression (often better than bzip2) and fast, easy decompression.

The native format of liblzma is XZ; it also supports raw (headerless) streams and the older LZMA format used by lzma. (For 7-Zip’s related format, use the p7zip package instead.) This package provides the development library needed to build programs using liblzma.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblzma-dev

Install liblzma-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblzma-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblzma-dev

How To Uninstall liblzma-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove liblzma-dev

Uninstall liblzma-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblzma-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblzma-dev

Remove liblzma-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liblzma-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblzma-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liblzma-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblzma-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.