How To Install swi-prolog-bdb on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install swi-prolog-bdb on Debian 12.
What is swi-prolog-bdb
swi-prolog-bdb is:
SWI-Prolog is a fast and powerful ISO/Edinburgh-style Prolog compiler with a rich set of built-in predicates. It offers a fast, robust and small environment which enables substantial applications to be developed with it.
SWI-Prolog additionally offers:
- A powerful module system
- Garbage collection
- Unicode character set handling
- Unbounted integer and rational number arithmetic
- Multithreading support
- A powerful C/C++ interface
- GNU Readline interface
This package provides a foreign language extension to the Berkeley DB (libdb) embedded database.
There are three methods to install swi-prolog-bdb 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 swi-prolog-bdb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install swi-prolog-bdb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install swi-prolog-bdb
Install swi-prolog-bdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install swi-prolog-bdb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install swi-prolog-bdb
Install swi-prolog-bdb 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 swi-prolog-bdb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install swi-prolog-bdb
How To Uninstall swi-prolog-bdb on Debian 12
To uninstall only the swi-prolog-bdb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove swi-prolog-bdb
Uninstall swi-prolog-bdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall swi-prolog-bdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove swi-prolog-bdb
Remove swi-prolog-bdb Configurations and Data
To remove swi-prolog-bdb configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge swi-prolog-bdb
Remove swi-prolog-bdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove swi-prolog-bdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swi-prolog-bdb
Dependencies
swi-prolog-bdb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install swi-prolog-bdb package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
