How To Install libfreefare-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreefare-dev on Debian 9. libfreefare-dev is MIFARE card manipulations library (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libfreefare-dev

libfreefare-dev is:

The libfreefare project aims to provide a convenient API for MIFARE card manipulations.

This package contains development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfreefare-dev

Install libfreefare-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfreefare-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfreefare-dev

How To Uninstall libfreefare-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libfreefare-dev

Uninstall libfreefare-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreefare-dev

Remove libfreefare-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfreefare-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libfreefare-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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