How To Install libpoke-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libpoke-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libpoke-dev is Extensible editor for structured binary data (development headers)

Introduction

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

What is libpoke-dev

libpoke-dev is:

GNU poke is an interactive, extensible editor for binary data. Not limited to editing basic entities such as bits and bytes, it provides a full-fledged procedural, interactive programming language designed to describe data structures and to operate on them.

This package contains the development files for the libpoke library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpoke-dev

Install libpoke-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpoke-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpoke-dev

How To Uninstall libpoke-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libpoke-dev

Uninstall libpoke-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpoke-dev

Remove libpoke-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpoke-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpoke-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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