How To Install libzlcore-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libzlcore-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libzlcore-dev is ZLibrary cross-platform development library (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libzlcore-dev

libzlcore-dev is:

This package contains development files for the ZLibrary core.

ZLibrary is a cross-platform library to build applications running on desktop Linux, Windows, different Linux-based PDAs using this library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libzlcore-dev

Install libzlcore-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzlcore-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libzlcore-dev

How To Uninstall libzlcore-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libzlcore-dev

Uninstall libzlcore-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzlcore-dev

Remove libzlcore-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libzlcore-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libzlcore-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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