How To Install libtokyocabinet-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtokyocabinet-dev on Debian 9.
What is libtokyocabinet-dev
libtokyocabinet-dev is:
Tokyo Cabinet is an efficient database library like GDBM and NDBM. It features hash database and B+ tree database and is developed as the successor of QDBM, for the purpose of the following three points: higher processing speed, smaller size of a database file, and simpler API.
This is the development package which contains headers and static libraries for the Tokyo Cabinet database library.
There are three methods to install libtokyocabinet-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 libtokyocabinet-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 libtokyocabinet-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtokyocabinet-dev
Install libtokyocabinet-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtokyocabinet-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtokyocabinet-dev
Install libtokyocabinet-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 libtokyocabinet-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtokyocabinet-dev
How To Uninstall libtokyocabinet-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libtokyocabinet-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtokyocabinet-dev
Uninstall libtokyocabinet-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtokyocabinet-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtokyocabinet-dev
Remove libtokyocabinet-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtokyocabinet-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtokyocabinet-dev
Remove libtokyocabinet-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtokyocabinet-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtokyocabinet-dev
Dependencies
libtokyocabinet-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtokyocabinet-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.