How To Install libmaloc-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaloc-dev on Debian 12.
What is libmaloc-dev
libmaloc-dev is:
MALOC is a small, portable, abstract C environment library for object- oriented C programming. MALOC is used as the foundation layer for a number of scientific applications, including MC, SG, and APBS. MALOC can be used as a small stand-alone abstraction environment for writing portable C programs which need access to resources which are typically architecture-dependent, such as INET sockets, timing routines, and so on. MALOC provides abstract datatypes, memory management routines, timing routines, machine epsilon, access to UNIX and INET sockets, MPI, etc. All things that can vary from one architecture to another are abstracted out of an application code and placed in MALOC.
This package contains the header files, static library and the programmer’s guide in HTML format.
There are three methods to install libmaloc-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 libmaloc-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 libmaloc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmaloc-dev
Install libmaloc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmaloc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmaloc-dev
Install libmaloc-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 libmaloc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmaloc-dev
How To Uninstall libmaloc-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libmaloc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmaloc-dev
Uninstall libmaloc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmaloc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmaloc-dev
Remove libmaloc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmaloc-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmaloc-dev
Remove libmaloc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmaloc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmaloc-dev
Dependencies
libmaloc-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaloc-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
