How To Install libmtbl-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmtbl-dev on Debian 9. libmtbl-dev is immutable sorted string table library (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libmtbl-dev

libmtbl-dev is:

mtbl is a C library implementation of the Sorted String Table (SSTable) data structure, based on the SSTable implementation in the open source Google LevelDB library. An SSTable is a file containing an immutable mapping of keys to values. Keys are stored in sorted order, with an index at the end of the file allowing keys to be located quickly.

mtbl is not a database library. It does not provide an updateable key-value data store, but rather exposes primitives for creating, searching and merging SSTable files. Unlike databases which use the SSTable data structure internally as part of their data store, management of SSTable files – creation, merging, deletion, combining of search results from multiple SSTables – is left to the discretion of the mtbl library user.

This package contains the static library, header file, and documentation for libmtbl.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmtbl-dev

Install libmtbl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmtbl-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmtbl-dev

How To Uninstall libmtbl-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libmtbl-dev

Uninstall libmtbl-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmtbl-dev

Remove libmtbl-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmtbl-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmtbl-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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