How To Install librang-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install librang-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. librang-dev is c++ terminal colour library

Introduction

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

What is librang-dev

librang-dev is:

Simple header-only library that supports terminal colours on unix and windows using ansi sequences. Detects if output is a tty, and if colour is supported. Uses c++ iostream objects to do this.

If you need colour support on non-ansi terminals try termdb instead.

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

sudo apt-get -y install librang-dev

Install librang-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librang-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install librang-dev

How To Uninstall librang-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove librang-dev

Uninstall librang-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librang-dev

Remove librang-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge librang-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

librang-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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