How To Install libzypp-common on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzypp-common on Debian 11.
What is libzypp-common
libzypp-common 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 the architecture-independent files for the libzypp library.
There are three methods to install libzypp-common on Debian 11. 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-common 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-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzypp-common
Install libzypp-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzypp-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzypp-common
Install libzypp-common 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-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzypp-common
How To Uninstall libzypp-common on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libzypp-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzypp-common
Uninstall libzypp-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzypp-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzypp-common
Remove libzypp-common Configurations and Data
To remove libzypp-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzypp-common
Remove libzypp-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzypp-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzypp-common
Dependencies
libzypp-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzypp-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.