How To Install libadasockets6 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libadasockets6 on Debian 9. libadasockets6 is bindings for socket services in Ada

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libadasockets6 on Debian 9.

What is libadasockets6

libadasockets6 is:

This package provides a binding for socket services to be used with GNAT (the GNU Ada compiler). One can use it to write clients and servers that will talk with programs written in Ada or any other programming language.

This package contains the library needed to execute Ada program using sockets.

There are three methods to install libadasockets6 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 libadasockets6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libadasockets6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libadasockets6

Install libadasockets6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libadasockets6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libadasockets6

Install libadasockets6 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 libadasockets6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libadasockets6

How To Uninstall libadasockets6 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libadasockets6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libadasockets6

Uninstall libadasockets6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libadasockets6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libadasockets6

Remove libadasockets6 Configurations and Data

To remove libadasockets6 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libadasockets6

Remove libadasockets6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libadasockets6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libadasockets6

Dependencies

libadasockets6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libadasockets6 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.