How To Install libquazip5-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquazip5-dev on Debian 11. libquazip5-dev is C++ wrapper for ZIP/UNZIP (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquazip5-dev on Debian 11.

What is libquazip5-dev

libquazip5-dev is:

QuaZIP is a simple C++ wrapper over Gilles Vollant’s ZIP/UNZIP package that can be used to access ZIP archives. It uses Trolltech’s Qt toolkit.

QuaZIP allows you to access files inside ZIP archives using QIODevice API, and that means that you can also use QTextStream, QDataStream or whatever you would like to use on your zipped files.

QuaZIP provides complete abstraction of the ZIP/UNZIP API, for both reading from and writing to ZIP archives.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libquazip5-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libquazip5-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 libquazip5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libquazip5-dev

Install libquazip5-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libquazip5-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libquazip5-dev

Install libquazip5-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 libquazip5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libquazip5-dev

How To Uninstall libquazip5-dev on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libquazip5-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libquazip5-dev

Uninstall libquazip5-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libquazip5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libquazip5-dev

Remove libquazip5-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libquazip5-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libquazip5-dev

Remove libquazip5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libquazip5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libquazip5-dev

Dependencies

libquazip5-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquazip5-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.