How To Install libcoap-1-0 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libcoap-1-0 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libcoap-1-0 is C-Implementation of CoAP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoap-1-0 on Debian 10.

What is libcoap-1-0

libcoap-1-0 is:

Lightweight application-protocol for devices that are constrained their resources such as computing power, RF range, memory, bandwidth, or network packet sizes. This protocol, CoAP, is developed in the IETF working group “CoRE”, http://6lowapp.net and was standardized in RFC 7252.

There are three methods to install libcoap-1-0 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 libcoap-1-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcoap-1-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcoap-1-0

Install libcoap-1-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcoap-1-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcoap-1-0

Install libcoap-1-0 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 libcoap-1-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcoap-1-0

How To Uninstall libcoap-1-0 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libcoap-1-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcoap-1-0

Uninstall libcoap-1-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcoap-1-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcoap-1-0

Remove libcoap-1-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcoap-1-0 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcoap-1-0

Remove libcoap-1-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcoap-1-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcoap-1-0

Dependencies

libcoap-1-0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoap-1-0 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.