How To Install libzypp-bin on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzypp-bin
on Debian 10.
What is libzypp-bin
libzypp-bin is:
libzypp is the package management library that powers applications like YaST, zypper and the openSUSE/SLE implementation of PackageKit.
libzypp provides all the functionality for a package manager:
- an API for package repository management, supporting most common repository metadata formats and signed repositories
- an API for solving packages, products, patterns and patches (installation, removal, update and distribution upgrade operations) dependencies, with additional features like locking
- an API for comitting the transaction to the system over a rpm target; supporting deltarpm calculation, media changing and installation order calculation
- an API for browsing available and installed software, with some facilities for programs with an user interface
- a suite of maintained solving testcases representing common and uncommon operations on Linux software management
This package contains command line tools shipped with the libzypp library.
There are three methods to install libzypp-bin
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libzypp-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libzypp-bin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzypp-bin
Install libzypp-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzypp-bin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzypp-bin
Install libzypp-bin 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 libzypp-bin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzypp-bin
How To Uninstall libzypp-bin on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libzypp-bin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzypp-bin
Uninstall libzypp-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzypp-bin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzypp-bin
Remove libzypp-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libzypp-bin
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzypp-bin
Remove libzypp-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzypp-bin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzypp-bin
Dependencies
libzypp-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzypp-bin
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.