How To Install libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev on Debian 12.
What is libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev
libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev is:
OpenTracing C Wrapper library was created due to the need to use distributed tracing within C programs.
The OpenTracing project (https://opentracing.io/) has published a C-language implementation on https://github.com/opentracing/opentracing-c but that implementation is incomplete, with the last update on Jun 27th 2018
This library takes inspiration from the header files in that project but implements the proposed functionality fully by wrapping the functional C++ library.
This package contains the development headers for libopentracing-c-wrapper
There are three methods to install libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev 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 libopentracing-c-wrapper-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 libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev
Install libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev
Install libopentracing-c-wrapper-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 libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev
How To Uninstall libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev
Uninstall libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev
Remove libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev
Remove libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev
Dependencies
libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopentracing-c-wrapper-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.