How To Install libdpm-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdpm-dev on Debian 9. libdpm-dev is DPM development libraries and header files

Introduction

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

What is libdpm-dev

libdpm-dev is:

The LCG Disk Pool Manager (DPM) creates a storage element from a set of disks. It provides several interfaces for storing and retrieving data such as RFIO and SRM version 1, version 2 and version 2.2. This package contains the development libraries and header files for DPM.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdpm-dev

Install libdpm-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdpm-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libdpm-dev

How To Uninstall libdpm-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libdpm-dev

Uninstall libdpm-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdpm-dev

Remove libdpm-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libdpm-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libdpm-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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