How To Install libreadstat1 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreadstat1
on Debian 12.
What is libreadstat1
libreadstat1 is:
ReadStat is a command-line tool and MIT-licensed C library for reading files from popular stats packages. Supported data formats include:
- SAS: SAS7BDAT (binary file) and XPORT (transport file)
- Stata: DTA (binary file) versions 104-119
- SPSS: POR (portable file), SAV (binary file), and ZSAV (compressed binary)
Supported metadata formats include:
- SAS: SAS7BCAT (catalog file) and .sas (command file)
- Stata: .dct (dictionary file)
- SPSS: .sps (command file)
There is also write support for all the data formats, but not the metadata formats.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libreadstat1
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 libreadstat1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libreadstat1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreadstat1
Install libreadstat1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreadstat1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreadstat1
Install libreadstat1 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 libreadstat1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreadstat1
How To Uninstall libreadstat1 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libreadstat1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreadstat1
Uninstall libreadstat1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreadstat1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreadstat1
Remove libreadstat1 Configurations and Data
To remove libreadstat1
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreadstat1
Remove libreadstat1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreadstat1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreadstat1
Dependencies
libreadstat1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreadstat1
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.