How To Install libxapian-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxapian-dev on Debian 9. libxapian-dev is Development files for Xapian search engine library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxapian-dev on Debian 9.

What is libxapian-dev

libxapian-dev is:

This package contains development libraries and headers for the core Xapian library.

The Xapian search engine library is a highly adaptable toolkit which allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to their own applications. It implements the probabilistic model of information retrieval, and provides facilities for performing ranked free-text searches, relevance feedback, phrase searching, boolean searching, stemming, and simultaneous update and searching. It is highly scalable, and is capable of working with collections containing hundreds of millions of documents.

There are three methods to install libxapian-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libxapian-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 libxapian-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxapian-dev

Install libxapian-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxapian-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libxapian-dev

How To Uninstall libxapian-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libxapian-dev

Uninstall libxapian-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxapian-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxapian-dev

Remove libxapian-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libxapian-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxapian-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libxapian-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxapian-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.