How To Install libzydis-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libzydis-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libzydis-dev is fast and lightweight x86/x86-64 disassembler library - development

Introduction

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

What is libzydis-dev

libzydis-dev is:

Zydis is a fast x86/x86-64 disassembler library. It supports all x86 and AMD64 instructions and many vendor extensions, doesn’t perform dynamic memory allocations, is thread safe by design and has no third party dependency - not even libc.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libzydis-dev

Install libzydis-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzydis-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libzydis-dev

How To Uninstall libzydis-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libzydis-dev

Uninstall libzydis-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzydis-dev

Remove libzydis-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libzydis-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libzydis-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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