How To Install libsource-highlight-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsource-highlight-dev
on Debian 11.
What is libsource-highlight-dev
libsource-highlight-dev is:
These are the development files for the library that underlies the source-highlight program suite. It converts source code to a document with syntax highlighting and supports many file formats. The library can be used by other C++ programs to get source code highlighting capabilities.
There are three methods to install libsource-highlight-dev
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsource-highlight-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 libsource-highlight-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsource-highlight-dev
Install libsource-highlight-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsource-highlight-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsource-highlight-dev
Install libsource-highlight-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 libsource-highlight-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsource-highlight-dev
How To Uninstall libsource-highlight-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libsource-highlight-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsource-highlight-dev
Uninstall libsource-highlight-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsource-highlight-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsource-highlight-dev
Remove libsource-highlight-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsource-highlight-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsource-highlight-dev
Remove libsource-highlight-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsource-highlight-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsource-highlight-dev
Dependencies
libsource-highlight-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsource-highlight-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.