How To Install firebird-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firebird-dev on Debian 9.
What is firebird-dev
firebird-dev is:
This package contains C header files for Firebird. They are useful if you compile programs that use the firebird client to talk to firebird servers.
Please refer to the firebird3.0-server and firebird3.0-utils packages for more information about Firebird in general.
There are three methods to install firebird-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install firebird-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 firebird-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install firebird-dev
Install firebird-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install firebird-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install firebird-dev
Install firebird-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 firebird-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install firebird-dev
How To Uninstall firebird-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the firebird-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove firebird-dev
Uninstall firebird-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall firebird-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove firebird-dev
Remove firebird-dev Configurations and Data
To remove firebird-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge firebird-dev
Remove firebird-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove firebird-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firebird-dev
Dependencies
firebird-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firebird-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
