How To Install libfsntfs-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libfsntfs-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libfsntfs-dev is NTFS access library – development files

Introduction

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

What is libfsntfs-dev

libfsntfs-dev is:

NTFS is the primary file system for Microsoft Windows versions that are based on Windows NT. libfsntfs provides a library and tools to access NTFS volumes.

This package includes the development support files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfsntfs-dev

Install libfsntfs-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfsntfs-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfsntfs-dev

How To Uninstall libfsntfs-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libfsntfs-dev

Uninstall libfsntfs-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfsntfs-dev

Remove libfsntfs-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfsntfs-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libfsntfs-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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