How To Install zypper-common on Debian 12

Learn how to install zypper-common on Debian 12 with this tutorial. zypper-common is command line software manager using libzypp (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zypper-common on Debian 12.

What is zypper-common

zypper-common is:

Zypper is a command line tool for managing software. It can be used to add package repositories, search for packages, install, remove, or update packages, install patches, hardware drivers, verify dependencies, and more. Zypper can be used interactively or non-interactively by user, from scripts, or front-ends.

This package contains the arch-independent files of the zypper software manager.

There are three methods to install zypper-common 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 zypper-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zypper-common

Install zypper-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zypper-common

Install zypper-common 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 zypper-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zypper-common

How To Uninstall zypper-common on Debian 12

To uninstall only the zypper-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zypper-common

Uninstall zypper-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zypper-common

Remove zypper-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zypper-common

Remove zypper-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zypper-common

Dependencies

zypper-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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