How To Install libxmlrpcpp-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libxmlrpcpp-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libxmlrpcpp-dev is development files for Robot OS libxmlrpcpp

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlrpcpp-dev on Debian 12.

What is libxmlrpcpp-dev

libxmlrpcpp-dev is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains the development files for the XmlRpc++ library, which is a C++ implementation of the XML-RPC protocol. This version is heavily modified from the package available on SourceForge in order to support roscpp’s threading model. As such, it’s a maintained fork by OSRF.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxmlrpcpp-dev

Install libxmlrpcpp-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxmlrpcpp-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libxmlrpcpp-dev

How To Uninstall libxmlrpcpp-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libxmlrpcpp-dev

Uninstall libxmlrpcpp-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxmlrpcpp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmlrpcpp-dev

Remove libxmlrpcpp-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libxmlrpcpp-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxmlrpcpp-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libxmlrpcpp-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlrpcpp-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.