How To Install libsword-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsword-dev on Debian 9.
What is libsword-dev
libsword-dev is:
The SWORD Project is an open source, cross-platform (Linux, Windows, Solaris, MacOSX etc.) API/library for Bible software with a constantly growing list of front-ends (GUI, textmode, web-based, etc.) and a library of over 200 text modules.
This package contains the static libraries and headers for developing applications that use the SWORD library.
There are three methods to install libsword-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsword-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 libsword-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsword-dev
Install libsword-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsword-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsword-dev
Install libsword-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 libsword-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsword-dev
How To Uninstall libsword-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libsword-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsword-dev
Uninstall libsword-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsword-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsword-dev
Remove libsword-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsword-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsword-dev
Remove libsword-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsword-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsword-dev
Dependencies
libsword-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsword-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.