How To Install libeio-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libeio-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libeio-dev is transitional EFL development package

Introduction

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

What is libeio-dev

libeio-dev is:

This is a transitional dummy package to ease the migration of EFL dev packages to libefl-all-dev. You can safely remove this package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libeio-dev

Install libeio-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libeio-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libeio-dev

How To Uninstall libeio-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libeio-dev

Uninstall libeio-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeio-dev

Remove libeio-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libeio-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libeio-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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