How To Install libzypp-config on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzypp-config on Debian 12.
What is libzypp-config
libzypp-config 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 ships the configuration files for the libzypp library.
There are three methods to install libzypp-config 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 libzypp-config 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-config using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzypp-config
Install libzypp-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzypp-config using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzypp-config
Install libzypp-config 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-config using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzypp-config
How To Uninstall libzypp-config on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libzypp-config package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzypp-config
Uninstall libzypp-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzypp-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzypp-config
Remove libzypp-config Configurations and Data
To remove libzypp-config configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzypp-config
Remove libzypp-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzypp-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzypp-config
Dependencies
libzypp-config have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzypp-config package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
