How To Install libfdt-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfdt-dev
on Debian 10.
What is libfdt-dev
libfdt-dev is:
This is a library containing functions for manipulating Flat Device Trees.
This package contains the files needed for development against libfdt.
There are three methods to install libfdt-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 libfdt-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 libfdt-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfdt-dev
Install libfdt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfdt-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfdt-dev
Install libfdt-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 libfdt-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfdt-dev
How To Uninstall libfdt-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libfdt-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfdt-dev
Uninstall libfdt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfdt-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfdt-dev
Remove libfdt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfdt-dev
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfdt-dev
Remove libfdt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfdt-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfdt-dev
Dependencies
libfdt-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfdt-dev
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.