How To Install libtomlplusplus3 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libtomlplusplus3 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libtomlplusplus3 is TOML config parser and serializer for C++17

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomlplusplus3 on Debian 12.

What is libtomlplusplus3

libtomlplusplus3 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 shared library.

There are three methods to install libtomlplusplus3 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 libtomlplusplus3 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtomlplusplus3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtomlplusplus3

Install libtomlplusplus3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtomlplusplus3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtomlplusplus3

Install libtomlplusplus3 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 libtomlplusplus3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtomlplusplus3

How To Uninstall libtomlplusplus3 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libtomlplusplus3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtomlplusplus3

Uninstall libtomlplusplus3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtomlplusplus3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtomlplusplus3

Remove libtomlplusplus3 Configurations and Data

To remove libtomlplusplus3 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtomlplusplus3

Remove libtomlplusplus3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtomlplusplus3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtomlplusplus3

Dependencies

libtomlplusplus3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomlplusplus3 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.