How To Install libsolv-tools on Debian 12
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:
- Using a dictionary approach to store and retrieve package and dependency information.
- 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.
After updating apt database, We can install libsolv-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libsolv-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libsolv-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
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.
After updating apt database, We can install libsolv-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libsolv-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libsolv-tools
package we can use the following command:
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:
Remove libsolv-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libsolv-tools
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
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:
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
.