How To Install libustr-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libustr-dev
on Debian 12.
What is libustr-dev
libustr-dev is:
ustr (Micro string library) is a string API for C. It has tiny overhead over just plain strdup(), is much safer, is easier to use, is faster for many operations, can be used with read-only or automatically allocated data. You don’t even need to link to the library to use it (so there are no dependencies).
This package contains header files and static library needed to compile code that uses ustr.
There are three methods to install libustr-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 libustr-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 libustr-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libustr-dev
Install libustr-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libustr-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libustr-dev
Install libustr-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 libustr-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libustr-dev
How To Uninstall libustr-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libustr-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libustr-dev
Uninstall libustr-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libustr-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libustr-dev
Remove libustr-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libustr-dev
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libustr-dev
Remove libustr-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libustr-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libustr-dev
Dependencies
libustr-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libustr-dev
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.