How To Install librasqal3 on Debian 10

Learn how to install librasqal3 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. librasqal3 is Rasqal RDF query library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librasqal3 on Debian 10.

What is librasqal3

librasqal3 is:

Rasqal is a C library providing support for querying the Resource Description Framework (RDF) including parsing query syntaxes, constructing the queries, executing them, returning result bindings and formatting results. It supports the SPARQL RDF Query Language, RDF Data Query Language (RDQL) and LAQRS experimental query language extending SPARQL.

Rasqal is designed for performance, flexibility and embedding (no memory leaks) and to track ongoing RDF query language work.

There are three methods to install librasqal3 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 librasqal3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librasqal3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librasqal3

Install librasqal3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librasqal3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librasqal3

Install librasqal3 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 librasqal3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librasqal3

How To Uninstall librasqal3 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the librasqal3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librasqal3

Uninstall librasqal3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librasqal3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librasqal3

Remove librasqal3 Configurations and Data

To remove librasqal3 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librasqal3

Remove librasqal3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librasqal3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librasqal3

Dependencies

librasqal3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librasqal3 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.