How To Install libprocps7 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libprocps7 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libprocps7 is library for accessing process information from /proc

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprocps7 on Debian 10.

What is libprocps7

libprocps7 is:

The libprocps library is a way of accessing information out of the /proc filesystem.

This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs compiled with libprocps.

There are three methods to install libprocps7 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libprocps7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libprocps7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libprocps7

Install libprocps7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libprocps7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libprocps7

Install libprocps7 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 libprocps7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libprocps7

How To Uninstall libprocps7 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libprocps7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libprocps7

Uninstall libprocps7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libprocps7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprocps7

Remove libprocps7 Configurations and Data

To remove libprocps7 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libprocps7

Remove libprocps7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libprocps7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprocps7

Dependencies

libprocps7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprocps7 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.