How To Install libomemo-c0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libomemo-c0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libomemo-c0 is OMEMO encryption library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libomemo-c0 on Debian 12.

What is libomemo-c0

libomemo-c0 is:

This is a fork of libsignal-protocol-c, an implementation of Signal’s ratcheting forward secrecy protocol that works in synchronous and asynchronous messaging. The fork adds support for OMEMO as defined in XEP-0384 versions 0.3.0 and later.

There are three methods to install libomemo-c0 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 libomemo-c0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libomemo-c0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libomemo-c0

Install libomemo-c0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libomemo-c0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libomemo-c0

Install libomemo-c0 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 libomemo-c0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libomemo-c0

How To Uninstall libomemo-c0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libomemo-c0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libomemo-c0

Uninstall libomemo-c0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libomemo-c0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libomemo-c0

Remove libomemo-c0 Configurations and Data

To remove libomemo-c0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libomemo-c0

Remove libomemo-c0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libomemo-c0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libomemo-c0

Dependencies

libomemo-c0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libomemo-c0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.