How To Install valac on Debian 10

Learn how to install valac on Debian 10 with this tutorial. valac is C# like language for the GObject system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install valac on Debian 10.

What is valac

valac is:

Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C.

valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source code. This package also contains the vala-gen-introspect and vapigen binaries that will automatically generate Vala bindings.

There are three methods to install valac on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install valac Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install valac

Install valac Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install valac using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install valac

Install valac 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 valac using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install valac

How To Uninstall valac on Debian 10

To uninstall only the valac package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove valac

Uninstall valac And Its Dependencies

To uninstall valac and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove valac

Remove valac Configurations and Data

To remove valac configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge valac

Remove valac configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge valac

Dependencies

valac have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install valac package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.