How To Install libmcfp-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmcfp-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmcfp-dev is header only configuration parser library

Introduction

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

What is libmcfp-dev

libmcfp-dev is:

There are already a few configuration parser around, but most of them introduce runtime dependencies. This header-only library avoids that and add a simple to use and complete C++ API for accessing configuration passed through command line arguments or configuration files. The argv parsing is following the POSIX standard.

Configuration is available throughout the entire program using a singleton object.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmcfp-dev

Install libmcfp-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmcfp-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmcfp-dev

How To Uninstall libmcfp-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libmcfp-dev

Uninstall libmcfp-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmcfp-dev

Remove libmcfp-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmcfp-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmcfp-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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