How To Install libcomedi0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcomedi0 on Debian 9. libcomedi0 is Library for Comedi

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcomedi0 on Debian 9.

What is libcomedi0

libcomedi0 is:

Comedilib is a library for using Comedi, a driver interface for data acquisition hardware. Comedi supports a wide variety of ISA and PCI devices that contain analog-to-digital converters, digital-to-analog converters, digital input/output, counters and timers. The full list of support devices can be found in the libcomedi-dev documentation.

This package contains the shared library component of Comedilib. In general, this package will be automatically installed as a dependency of application or other library packages.

In order to effectively use this package, you need to have compiled and installed the Comedi kernel modules. The source for Comedi is available in the comedi-source package, which also contains instructions on how to compile and install the modules.

There are three methods to install libcomedi0 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 libcomedi0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcomedi0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcomedi0

Install libcomedi0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcomedi0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcomedi0

Install libcomedi0 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 libcomedi0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcomedi0

How To Uninstall libcomedi0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libcomedi0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcomedi0

Uninstall libcomedi0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcomedi0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcomedi0

Remove libcomedi0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcomedi0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcomedi0

Remove libcomedi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcomedi0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcomedi0

Dependencies

libcomedi0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcomedi0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.