How To Install libzypp-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzypp-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libzypp-dev
libzypp-dev 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 development files for the libzypp library.
There are three methods to install libzypp-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-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 libzypp-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzypp-dev
Install libzypp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzypp-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzypp-dev
Install libzypp-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libzypp-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzypp-dev
How To Uninstall libzypp-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libzypp-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzypp-dev
Uninstall libzypp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzypp-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzypp-dev
Remove libzypp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libzypp-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzypp-dev
Remove libzypp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzypp-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzypp-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzypp-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.