How To Install libmsi0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmsi0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmsi0 is Windows Installer file manipulation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsi0 on Debian 12.

What is libmsi0

libmsi0 is:

libmsi provides functions to manipulate Windows Installer (.msi) files, both for reading and writing their contents and querying their databases.

This package contains the runtime library.

There are three methods to install libmsi0 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 libmsi0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmsi0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmsi0

Install libmsi0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmsi0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmsi0

Install libmsi0 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 libmsi0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmsi0

How To Uninstall libmsi0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libmsi0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmsi0

Uninstall libmsi0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmsi0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmsi0

Remove libmsi0 Configurations and Data

To remove libmsi0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmsi0

Remove libmsi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmsi0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmsi0

Dependencies

libmsi0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsi0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.