How To Install libpstreams-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpstreams-dev on Debian 12.
What is libpstreams-dev
libpstreams-dev is:
PStreams allows you to run another program from your C++ application and to transfer data between the two programs, similar to shell pipelines. The PStreams class works like a wrapper for the POSIX.2 functions popen(3) and pclose(3) (although it doesn’t actually use them), using a C++ iostreams interface, instead of C’s stdio library. Thus, PStreams makes it possible to run an external program and handle its stdin, stdout, and stderr just like you would handle any other C++ iostream.
There are three methods to install libpstreams-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 libpstreams-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 libpstreams-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpstreams-dev
Install libpstreams-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpstreams-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpstreams-dev
Install libpstreams-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 libpstreams-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpstreams-dev
How To Uninstall libpstreams-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libpstreams-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpstreams-dev
Uninstall libpstreams-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpstreams-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpstreams-dev
Remove libpstreams-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpstreams-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpstreams-dev
Remove libpstreams-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpstreams-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpstreams-dev
Dependencies
libpstreams-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpstreams-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
