How To Install libminizip-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libminizip-dev on Debian 9. libminizip-dev is compression library - minizip development files

Introduction

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

What is libminizip-dev

libminizip-dev is:

minizip is a minimalistic library that supports compressing, extracting, viewing, and manipulating zip files.

This package includes development support files for the minizip library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libminizip-dev

Install libminizip-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libminizip-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libminizip-dev

How To Uninstall libminizip-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libminizip-dev

Uninstall libminizip-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libminizip-dev

Remove libminizip-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libminizip-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libminizip-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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