How To Install libax25-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libax25-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libax25-dev is ax25 library development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libax25-dev on Debian 10.

What is libax25-dev

libax25-dev is:

This library is used for applications that use the ax25 protocol. Included are routines to do ax25 address parsing, common ax25 application config file parsing, etc. This development library package includes some man pages and include files for compiling applications which use libax25.

There are three methods to install libax25-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 libax25-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 libax25-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libax25-dev

Install libax25-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libax25-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libax25-dev

Install libax25-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 libax25-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libax25-dev

How To Uninstall libax25-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libax25-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libax25-dev

Uninstall libax25-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libax25-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libax25-dev

Remove libax25-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libax25-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libax25-dev

Remove libax25-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libax25-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libax25-dev

Dependencies

libax25-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libax25-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.