How To Install libunbound-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libunbound-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libunbound-dev is static library, header files, and docs for libunbound

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunbound-dev on Debian 12.

What is libunbound-dev

libunbound-dev is:

Static library, header files, and documentation for libunbound.

libunbound performs and validates DNS lookups; it can be used to convert hostnames to IP addresses and back and obtain other information from the DNS. Cryptographic validation of results is performed with DNSSEC.

There are three methods to install libunbound-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 libunbound-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 libunbound-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libunbound-dev

Install libunbound-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libunbound-dev

Install libunbound-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 libunbound-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libunbound-dev

How To Uninstall libunbound-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libunbound-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libunbound-dev

Uninstall libunbound-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunbound-dev

Remove libunbound-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libunbound-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libunbound-dev

Remove libunbound-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunbound-dev

Dependencies

libunbound-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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