How To Install libdlmcontrol-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdlmcontrol-dev on Debian 9. libdlmcontrol-dev is Distributed Lock Manager control library development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdlmcontrol-dev on Debian 9.

What is libdlmcontrol-dev

libdlmcontrol-dev is:

DLM is a symmetric general-purpose distributed lock manager. The lock manager itself is a kernel module.

This package contains the headers and other necessary files to build applications or libraries that use the DLM control library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdlmcontrol-dev

Install libdlmcontrol-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdlmcontrol-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libdlmcontrol-dev

How To Uninstall libdlmcontrol-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libdlmcontrol-dev

Uninstall libdlmcontrol-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdlmcontrol-dev

Remove libdlmcontrol-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libdlmcontrol-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdlmcontrol-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libdlmcontrol-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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