How To Install libxdelta2-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdelta2-dev
on Debian 10.
What is libxdelta2-dev
libxdelta2-dev is:
Xdelta is an application program designed to compute changes between files. These changes (deltas) are similar to the output of the “diff” program in that they may be used to store and transmit only the changes between files. However, unlike diff, the output of Xdelta is not expressed in a human-readable format–Xdelta can also apply these deltas to a copy of the original file. Xdelta uses a fast, linear algorithm and performs well on both binary and text files.
This is are the development files for the runtime library.
There are three methods to install libxdelta2-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 libxdelta2-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 libxdelta2-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxdelta2-dev
Install libxdelta2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxdelta2-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxdelta2-dev
Install libxdelta2-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 libxdelta2-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxdelta2-dev
How To Uninstall libxdelta2-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libxdelta2-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxdelta2-dev
Uninstall libxdelta2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxdelta2-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxdelta2-dev
Remove libxdelta2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxdelta2-dev
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxdelta2-dev
Remove libxdelta2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxdelta2-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxdelta2-dev
Dependencies
libxdelta2-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdelta2-dev
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.