How To Install znc-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install znc-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. znc-dev is advanced modular IRC bouncer (development headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install znc-dev on Debian 12.

What is znc-dev

znc-dev is:

znc is an IRC proxy. It runs as a daemon and connects to IRC server, then allows you to connect from a workstation and work as the user that is logged in to the IRC server. After you disconnect, it maintains the connection to the server. It acts like any normal IRC server, so you can use any IRC client to connect to it.

Some of its features include support for multiple users, multiple clients, and multiple IRC servers; playback buffers to catch up with what happened while you were detached, SSL encryption, DCC proxying, and a plugin interface with many plugins supporting other features.

This package contains the znc development headers for developing modules.

There are three methods to install znc-dev 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 znc-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 znc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install znc-dev

Install znc-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install znc-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install znc-dev

How To Uninstall znc-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove znc-dev

Uninstall znc-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove znc-dev

Remove znc-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge znc-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

znc-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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