How To Install libnspr4 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnspr4
on Debian 9.
What is libnspr4
libnspr4 is:
This library provides platform independent non-GUI operating system facilities including:
- threads,
- thread synchronisation,
- normal file I/O and network I/O,
- interval timing and calendar time,
- basic memory management (malloc and free),
- shared library linking.
There are three methods to install libnspr4
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 libnspr4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnspr4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnspr4
Install libnspr4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnspr4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnspr4
Install libnspr4 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 libnspr4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnspr4
How To Uninstall libnspr4 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libnspr4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnspr4
Uninstall libnspr4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnspr4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnspr4
Remove libnspr4 Configurations and Data
To remove libnspr4
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnspr4
Remove libnspr4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnspr4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnspr4
Dependencies
libnspr4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnspr4
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.