How To Install libfreerdp-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreerdp-dev
on Debian 9.
What is libfreerdp-dev
libfreerdp-dev is:
FreeRDP is a libre client/server implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
This package contains the FreeRDP development files.
There are three methods to install libfreerdp-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 libfreerdp-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 libfreerdp-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfreerdp-dev
Install libfreerdp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfreerdp-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfreerdp-dev
Install libfreerdp-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 libfreerdp-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfreerdp-dev
How To Uninstall libfreerdp-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libfreerdp-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfreerdp-dev
Uninstall libfreerdp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfreerdp-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreerdp-dev
Remove libfreerdp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfreerdp-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfreerdp-dev
Remove libfreerdp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfreerdp-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfreerdp-dev
Dependencies
libfreerdp-dev have the following dependencies:
- libwinpr-dev
- libfreerdp-cache1.1
- libfreerdp-client1.1
- libfreerdp-codec1.1
- libfreerdp-common1.1.0
- libfreerdp-core1.1
- libfreerdp-crypto1.1
- libfreerdp-gdi1.1
- libfreerdp-locale1.1
- libfreerdp-primitives1.1
- libfreerdp-rail1.1
- libfreerdp-utils1.1
- libxfreerdp-client1.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreerdp-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.