How To Install libsolv-tools on Debian 12

Learn how to install libsolv-tools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libsolv-tools is dependency solver using a satisfiability algorithm (command-line tools)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsolv-tools on Debian 12.

What is libsolv-tools

libsolv-tools is:

This dependency solver code in this package is based on two major, but independent, blocks:

  1. Using a dictionary approach to store and retrieve package and dependency information.
  2. Using satisfiability, a well known and researched topic, for resolving package dependencies.

This package contains command-line tools that facilitate using libsolv.

There are three methods to install libsolv-tools 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 libsolv-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsolv-tools

Install libsolv-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsolv-tools

Install libsolv-tools 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 libsolv-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsolv-tools

How To Uninstall libsolv-tools on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libsolv-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsolv-tools

Uninstall libsolv-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsolv-tools

Remove libsolv-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsolv-tools

Remove libsolv-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsolv-tools

Dependencies

libsolv-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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