How To Install yaz-illclient on Debian 12

Learn how to install yaz-illclient on Debian 12 with this tutorial. yaz-illclient is Z39.50/SRW/SRU toolkit (command-line client for ILL)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaz-illclient on Debian 12.

What is yaz-illclient

yaz-illclient is:

YAZ is a toolkit for the development of client and server software built around the ANSI Z39.50 (ISO 23950) standard for information retrieval.

YAZ supports Z39.50-2003 (version 3), SRU versions 1.1 to 2.0, and the industry standard ZOOM API for Z39.50.

The yaz-illclient program is a command-line client that sends ISO ILL requests to a server and decodes the response.

There are three methods to install yaz-illclient 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 yaz-illclient Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yaz-illclient

Install yaz-illclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yaz-illclient

Install yaz-illclient 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 yaz-illclient using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yaz-illclient

How To Uninstall yaz-illclient on Debian 12

To uninstall only the yaz-illclient package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yaz-illclient

Uninstall yaz-illclient And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yaz-illclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaz-illclient

Remove yaz-illclient Configurations and Data

To remove yaz-illclient configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yaz-illclient

Remove yaz-illclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaz-illclient

Dependencies

yaz-illclient have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaz-illclient package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.