How To Install libprocess-cpp-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libprocess-cpp-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libprocess-cpp-dev is C++11 library for handling processes (dev headers and libraries)

Introduction

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

What is libprocess-cpp-dev

libprocess-cpp-dev is:

process-cpp is a simple and straightforward wrapper around process creation and control. It helps both with handling child processes and with interacting with the current process. Some of its features include:

  • Thread-safe get/set/unset operation on the current process’s environment.
  • Throwing and non-throwing overloads of functions when system calls are involved.
  • Seamless redirection of input, output and error streams of child processes.
  • Type-safe interaction with the virtual proc filesystem, both for reading & writing.

This package includes all the development headers and libraries for process-cpp.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libprocess-cpp-dev

Install libprocess-cpp-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libprocess-cpp-dev

Install libprocess-cpp-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 libprocess-cpp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libprocess-cpp-dev

How To Uninstall libprocess-cpp-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libprocess-cpp-dev

Uninstall libprocess-cpp-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprocess-cpp-dev

Remove libprocess-cpp-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libprocess-cpp-dev

Remove libprocess-cpp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprocess-cpp-dev

Dependencies

libprocess-cpp-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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