How To Install libmemcached11 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmemcached11 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmemcached11 is C and C++ client library to the memcached server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmemcached11 on Debian 12.

What is libmemcached11

libmemcached11 is:

libmemcached is a C and C++ client library to the memcached server (http://memcached.org/). It has been designed to be light on memory usage, thread safe, and provide full access to server side methods.

A few notes on its design:

  • Synchronous and Asynchronous support.
  • Access to large object support.
  • Local replication.
  • TCP and Unix Socket protocols.
  • A half dozen or so different tuneable hash algorithms.
  • Implementations of the new cas, replace, and append operators.
  • Man pages written up on entire API.
  • Implements both modulo and consistent hashing solutions.
  • Tools to Manage your Memcached networks.

This package provides the libmemcached shared library itself.

There are three methods to install libmemcached11 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 libmemcached11 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmemcached11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmemcached11

Install libmemcached11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmemcached11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmemcached11

Install libmemcached11 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 libmemcached11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmemcached11

How To Uninstall libmemcached11 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libmemcached11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmemcached11

Uninstall libmemcached11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmemcached11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmemcached11

Remove libmemcached11 Configurations and Data

To remove libmemcached11 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmemcached11

Remove libmemcached11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmemcached11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmemcached11

Dependencies

libmemcached11 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmemcached11 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.