How To Install libtomlplusplus-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomlplusplus-dev on Debian 12.
What is libtomlplusplus-dev
libtomlplusplus-dev is:
tomlplusplus is a TOML config parser and serializer for C++17 supporting the following features:
- Supports the latest TOML release (v1.0.0), plus optional support for some unreleased TOML features
- Passes all tests in the toml-test suite
- Supports serializing to JSON and YAML
- Proper UTF-8 handling (incl. BOM)
- C++17 (plus some C++20 features where available)
- Doesn’t require RTTI
- Works with or without exceptions
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libtomlplusplus-dev 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 libtomlplusplus-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 libtomlplusplus-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtomlplusplus-dev
Install libtomlplusplus-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtomlplusplus-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtomlplusplus-dev
Install libtomlplusplus-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 libtomlplusplus-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtomlplusplus-dev
How To Uninstall libtomlplusplus-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libtomlplusplus-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtomlplusplus-dev
Uninstall libtomlplusplus-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtomlplusplus-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtomlplusplus-dev
Remove libtomlplusplus-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtomlplusplus-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtomlplusplus-dev
Remove libtomlplusplus-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtomlplusplus-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtomlplusplus-dev
Dependencies
libtomlplusplus-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomlplusplus-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
