How To Install libustr-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libustr-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libustr-dev is Micro string library

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.