How To Install libpcl1-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libpcl1-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libpcl1-dev is Portable Coroutine Library (PCL), development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcl1-dev on Debian 12.

What is libpcl1-dev

libpcl1-dev is:

Coroutines are a very simple cooperative multitasking environment where the switch from one task to another is done explicitly by a function call. Coroutines are a lot faster than processes or threads switch, since there is no OS kernel involvement for the operation. Also coroutines require much less OS resources than processes of threads.

For a more complete definition of the term coroutine see The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth.

This package contains the static library and header files used in development, plus developer’s documentation.

There are three methods to install libpcl1-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 libpcl1-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 libpcl1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpcl1-dev

Install libpcl1-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpcl1-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpcl1-dev

Install libpcl1-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 libpcl1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpcl1-dev

How To Uninstall libpcl1-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libpcl1-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpcl1-dev

Uninstall libpcl1-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpcl1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcl1-dev

Remove libpcl1-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpcl1-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpcl1-dev

Remove libpcl1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpcl1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcl1-dev

Dependencies

libpcl1-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcl1-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.