How To Install libzim-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzim-dev on Debian 12.
What is libzim-dev
libzim-dev is:
ZIM (Zeno IMproved) is an open file format for storing the contents of wiki for offline usage. This file format is primarily focused on providing the contents of Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects for offline use.
libzim is the standard implementation of ZIM specification, which implements the read and write method for ZIM files.
ZIM is a file format created with focus on extracting and encoding data from Mediawiki for offline use.
This package contains development files.
There are three methods to install libzim-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 libzim-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 libzim-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzim-dev
Install libzim-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzim-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzim-dev
Install libzim-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 libzim-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzim-dev
How To Uninstall libzim-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libzim-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzim-dev
Uninstall libzim-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzim-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzim-dev
Remove libzim-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libzim-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzim-dev
Remove libzim-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzim-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzim-dev
Dependencies
libzim-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzim-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
