How To Install libzim8 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzim8 on Debian 12.
What is libzim8
libzim8 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.
Features of libzim are:
- Native, coded in C++
- Extremely fast
- Minimal footprint
- Minimal dependencies
- Portable on most OS (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X)
There are three methods to install libzim8 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 libzim8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libzim8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzim8
Install libzim8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzim8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzim8
Install libzim8 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 libzim8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzim8
How To Uninstall libzim8 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libzim8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzim8
Uninstall libzim8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzim8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzim8
Remove libzim8 Configurations and Data
To remove libzim8 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzim8
Remove libzim8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzim8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzim8
Dependencies
libzim8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzim8 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
