How To Install libzypp-dev on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzypp-dev on Ubuntu.

What is `libzypp-dev`

libzypp-dev is:

libzypp is the package management library that powers applications like YaST, zypper and the openSUSE/SLE implementation of PackageKit.

libzypp provides all the functionality for a package manager:

an API for package repository management, supporting most common repository metadata formats and signed repositories
an API for solving packages, products, patterns and patches (installation, removal, update and distribution upgrade operations) dependencies, with additional features like locking
an API for comitting the transaction to the system over a rpm target; supporting deltarpm calculation, media changing and installation order calculation
an API for browsing available and installed software, with some facilities for programs with an user interface
a suite of maintained solving testcases representing common and uncommon operations on Linux software management

This package contains the development files for the libzypp library.

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

Install libzypp-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 libzypp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libzypp-dev

Install libzypp-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzypp-dev

Install libzypp-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libzypp-dev

How To Uninstall libzypp-dev on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove libzypp-dev

Uninstall libzypp-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzypp-dev

Remove libzypp-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libzypp-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libzypp-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libzypp-dev have the following dependencies:

References

libzypp-dev website

Summary

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