How To Install libmongoclient-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmongoclient-dev on Debian 10.
What is libmongoclient-dev
libmongoclient-dev is:
This package provides C++ development file to interact with MongoDB. This is the legacy C++ driver and currently supports MongoDB 2.4, 2.6, 3.0 and 3.2.
This package contains the development support files.
There are three methods to install libmongoclient-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmongoclient-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 libmongoclient-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmongoclient-dev
Install libmongoclient-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmongoclient-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmongoclient-dev
Install libmongoclient-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 libmongoclient-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmongoclient-dev
How To Uninstall libmongoclient-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libmongoclient-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmongoclient-dev
Uninstall libmongoclient-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmongoclient-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmongoclient-dev
Remove libmongoclient-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmongoclient-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmongoclient-dev
Remove libmongoclient-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmongoclient-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmongoclient-dev
Dependencies
libmongoclient-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmongoclient-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.