How To Install libunibreak-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libunibreak-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libunibreak-dev is line breaking library for Unicode (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunibreak-dev on Debian 10.

What is libunibreak-dev

libunibreak-dev is:

libunibreak is an implementation of the Unicode line breaking algorithm described at http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr29/tr29-21.html

This package contains development header files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libunibreak-dev

Install libunibreak-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libunibreak-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libunibreak-dev

How To Uninstall libunibreak-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libunibreak-dev

Uninstall libunibreak-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libunibreak-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunibreak-dev

Remove libunibreak-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libunibreak-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libunibreak-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libunibreak-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunibreak-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.