How To Install libtpl0 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtpl0 on Debian 10.
What is libtpl0
libtpl0 is:
Tpl is a library for serializing C data. The data is stored in its natural binary form. The API is small and tries to stay “out of the way”. Tpl can serialize many C data types, including structures.
Tpl makes a convenient file format. For example, suppose a program needs to store a list of user names and ids. This can be expressed using the format string “A(si)”. If the program needs two such lists (say, one for regular users and one for administrators) this could be expressed as “A(si)A(si)”. It is easy to read and write this kind of structured data using tpl.
Tpl can also be used as an IPC message format. It handles byte order issues and deframing individual messages off of a stream automatically.
There are three methods to install libtpl0 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtpl0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtpl0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtpl0
Install libtpl0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtpl0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtpl0
Install libtpl0 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 libtpl0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtpl0
How To Uninstall libtpl0 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libtpl0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtpl0
Uninstall libtpl0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtpl0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtpl0
Remove libtpl0 Configurations and Data
To remove libtpl0 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtpl0
Remove libtpl0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtpl0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtpl0
Dependencies
libtpl0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtpl0 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
