How To Install libmongoclient-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libmongoclient-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libmongoclient-dev is MongoDB C++ Driver (development)

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.