How To Install neko-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install neko-dev on Debian 9. neko-dev is Lightweight virtual machine - headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install neko-dev on Debian 9.

What is neko-dev

neko-dev is:

Neko provides a common runtime for several different languages, including JavaScript and haXe.

The virtual machine is both very lightweight and well optimized. It can be easily embedded into other applications, and libraries are directly accessible using the C foreign function interface.

This package includes the header files for development using the Neko virtual machine.

Neko was written by Nicolas Cannasse.

There are three methods to install neko-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install neko-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 neko-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install neko-dev

Install neko-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install neko-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install neko-dev

How To Uninstall neko-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove neko-dev

Uninstall neko-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall neko-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove neko-dev

Remove neko-dev Configurations and Data

To remove neko-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge neko-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

neko-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install neko-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.