How To Install freetds-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install freetds-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. freetds-dev is MS SQL and Sybase client library (static libs and headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freetds-dev on Debian 10.

What is freetds-dev

freetds-dev is:

FreeTDS is an implementation of the Tabular DataStream protocol, used for connecting to MS SQL and Sybase servers over TCP/IP.

This package includes the static libraries and header files for TDS, which you will need to develop applications that connect to MS SQL servers. You will also need this package if you are installing the Perl DBD::Sybase module on your system using CPAN.

There are three methods to install freetds-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install freetds-dev

Install freetds-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freetds-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install freetds-dev

How To Uninstall freetds-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove freetds-dev

Uninstall freetds-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freetds-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freetds-dev

Remove freetds-dev Configurations and Data

To remove freetds-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freetds-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

freetds-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freetds-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.